[Wikimediaindia-l] Please help test geolocation

[Prashanth NS]

Hi,

It gets the city wrong in the case of Antwerp, Belgium. Updated results on
the site. Wonder if this is an isolated problem only with me, cos I was
accessing through my Uni. But, if it happens even outside then it is off by
about 50+ km!

Have updated the meta page with the results.

Regards,
Prashanth

> > Hello all,
> >
> > we're experimenting with geolocation tools. For the purpose of
> > supporting the coordination of meetups and events, we want to add
> > functionality that will make it easy to run banners in a particular
> > region (e.g. a city and surrounding area).
> >
> > To do so, we need to license a database that will allow us to look up
> > a person's presumed location based on their IP address. Before we do
> > so, we want to gather some reports from around the world about the
> > quality of the information provided.
> >
> > To help out, please visit:
> > http://www.maxmind.com/app/mylocation
> >
> > And then report your results at:
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MaxMindCityTesting
> >
> > Thanks for any and all help,
> >
> > Erik
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Prashanth N S
Faculty, Institute of Public Health, Bangalore
Asst. Director (Research), Karuna Trust & VGKK

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