Re: geolocation services disabled and Gnome maps
On Sat, 2020-04-11 at 10:33 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 10 apr 20, 08:24:41, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote:
> > I don't know if somehow ISPs here have a more detailed (precise
> > location) database based on IP, or if that is possible at all.
>
> As far as I can tell it depends a lot on the ISP.
>
> My current one apparently maintains its database down to city
> level...
> and then allocates those IPs dynamically all over the country :)
>
> My previous ISP was allocating pseudo-static IPs with location as
> accurate as city area.
>
Regarding the precision of location. I do believe it might depend on
the ISPs and the country those ISPs are in (there must be laws
regarding this). I am saying that in Colombia, the ISPs have a very
detailed location map based on IP. I am a newbie and do not know a lot
about this.
thank you,
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