Google maps

wizza · 04-03-2010, 20:41

Hi there.

A little before Christmas I moved house taking all my vm services with me.

What I have noticed is that on google maps it still shows my current location as my old property.

I'm assuming it's done by ip addreses or similar.

If so is there something vm need to update on their end (for the broadband side of it)

does that make sense?!

Thanks

djmagnifique · 04-03-2010, 20:52

When I go on google maps it starts with my street showing. in the left where info and directions come up it shows my post code and 'change default location' underneath it.

wizza · 04-03-2010, 21:03

Thanks for the tip!

But I see that as a workaround.

Why isn't it automatically showing the correct location?

Do they need to update the system?

Could this be the reason my speed has more than halved?!

Cheers

BenMcr · 04-03-2010, 21:05

How far did you move?

wizza · 04-03-2010, 21:09

1/4 mile (ish)

but the blue dot on google (the location) is exactly where it was before.

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The dot is on the roof of my old property! lol!

BenMcr · 04-03-2010, 21:11

You may still be connected to the same part of the network so Google may assume you are still where you were

wizza · 04-03-2010, 21:19

Right ok cheers For that.

That sounds about right.

No big deal then.

Cheers 

djmagnifique · 04-03-2010, 23:51

Just a quick question, since when has google maps been able to detect where you live and how do you make it do it?

**Paul M** · 05-03-2010, 00:01

It cant.

You cannot tell a persons exact location from their ip address (except on tv shows of course).

(and before the smart alecs point out that VM can, I obviously mean without access to VMs account systems etc).

BenMcr · 05-03-2010, 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M

It cant.

You cannot tell a persons exact location from their ip address (except on tv shows of course).

The geolocation must do something interesting then because it worked out exactly where I was down the road when I tried it earlier

And that was in a clean browser session with no previous cookies or anything else it could use.

**Graham M** · 05-03-2010, 00:52

Using this API (not sure of the specifics) - http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_geolocation.html

BenMcr · 05-03-2010, 01:02

Still don't understand how it can get such an accurate fix without GPS - it's a little bit scary lol

**Kymmy** · 05-03-2010, 10:24

Geolocation is used by loads of sites (for example when you go to a torrent site and you get them annoying pop-ups pretending to be a MSN messenger girl in your area looking to chat..

)

With VM it's easy for the geolocation to work as google has a complete list of UBR's and a site using googles geolocation always puts me in a town about 4 miles North West.. Where others not using google tend to put me about 8 miles North..

BenMcr · 05-03-2010, 10:39

The town or exchange location (as I'm on ADSL at the moment) I can understand.

It's the street I can't work out how they do it - because it's not something they can work out from the IP address.

As it's on a proper PC rather than a Mobile what else can they access as I've not got GPS and there are no mobile networks it can use for triangulation

**Kymmy** · 05-03-2010, 11:04

They can;t do a street level unless they can pinpoint either an exchange on the street or perhaps a google account with address matching the IP (not sayign they do that but it'd be about the only way)

Perhaps the OP lived right next to a UBR or map center and since they've moved only 400meters away the google maps will stay showing the same location