Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world simulated for any time

Re:Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world sim... by pavon on Friday May 31, 2024 @12:40PM (#40537260)

Interesting. I have a static IP, and have kept that same IP through multiple moves around the state, but it knows my current zip code. I wonder if that is because my ISP shares the zip code, or through association with data collected from other sites.

And yet every site that uses IP geolocation for useful purposes thinks I'm in a completely different state that bounces around every few months, if I don't let the browser share my location.

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Re:Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world sim... by reincoder on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:22PM (#40538620)

I work for IPinfo.io (feel free to check your location data with us to see if we are correct as well). It is most likely that your ISP is sharing your zip code via a WHOIS/geofeed record.

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Re:Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world sim... by ceinewydd on Friday May 31, 2024 @09:49PM (#40542203)

For me, Firefox and without iCloud Private Relay engaged, Maxmind is within about 2km and doesn't get the city correct (but we're right on a border), and IPinfo is about 15km as the crow flies (and gets the city entirely wrong).

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Re:Every mountain, building and tree shadow in the world sim... by reincoder on Saturday June 01, 2024 @10:26AM (#40546026)

That is very unfortunate. If you reach out to support and drop a correction with us, that will be quite helpful.

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