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Re: geolocation services disabled and Gnome maps



On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 04:11:16PM -0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2020-04-10, <tomas@tuxteam.de> <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

[...]

> > Perhaps just a misunderstanding [...]
> > I just don't know.
> 
> https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/privacy-location.html.en
> 
>  Geolocation, or location services, uses cell tower positioning, GPS, and
>  nearby Wi-Fi access points to determine your current location for use in
>  setting your timezone and by applications such as Maps. When enabled, it
>  is possible for your location to be shared over the network with a great
>  deal of precision.
> 
>  Turn off the geolocation features of your desktop
>  Open the Activities overview and start typing Privacy.
> 
>  Click on Privacy to open the panel.
> 
>  Switch the Location Services switch to off.
> 
>  To re-enable this feature, set the Location Services switch to on.

Ah, thanks for the enlightenment: so it seems, in Gnome terms,
"geolocation" is GPS+cell-tower+WiFi (from Google's database?).

GeoIP is the fallback and not called "geolocation", it seems.

Cheers
-- t

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