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Re:Examining the covidtests.gov architecture by rojaz on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @08:49PM (#30003251)
I was wondering the same thing. The town has a total population of like 2200. I can’t find any data centers near there. Maybe it’s just a flaw in their metrics.
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Re:Examining the covidtests.gov architecture by samprotas on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @09:53PM (#30003865)
I’ve worked on systems in the past that had different levels of ip geolocation data precision. When the precision was low, they would pick the midpoint of the known area (maybe a whole state) to “fill in” more precise data (ex: the city). Since even “nowhere” is typically part of some town limits, we’d see otherwise tiny towns show up way too frequently.

My guess is that’s what’s happening here.

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Re:Examining the covidtests.gov architecture by smarx007 on Thursday January 20, 2022 @06:45AM (#30007669)
Case in point: https://theweek.com/articles/624040/how-internet-mapping-gli...
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Re:Examining the covidtests.gov architecture by alksjdalkj on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:06PM (#30003963)
Graceville isn't really the midpoint of anywhere so I'd still be curious how it ended up being picked as the location.
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