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Re:A way to find other Y Combinator readers in your area by epi0Bauqu on Saturday August 18, 2007 @10:19PM (#43969)
For the rest of the world and/or the US, just let people type in a location that works on google maps (city, country/zip code/even street address). Then geocode it with Gmaps API, and use that lat/lon to display thereafter.
Re:A way to find other Y Combinator readers in your area by tsx on Monday August 20, 2007 @11:00AM (#44310)
Or use the MaxMind Geolite City database
Re:A way to find other Y Combinator readers in your area by epi0Bauqu on Monday August 20, 2007 @03:49PM (#44443)
I use the real one, and it still doesn't have enough coverage to just use it and not look back. I would advocate using it for a default string, though.