[haiku] Re: IP to Geolocation API Testing
- From: Julius Bullinger <julius.bullinger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:22:20 +0200
2009/9/7 Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>:
> As some of you may know I want to implement a small optimization on
> our Haiku Alpha download page: a mirror will be recommended based on
> how close it is to your estimated location (based on IP address.) This
> will be done in JavaScript to reduce the load on the server. If
> JavaScript is disabled the full mirror list will be shown.
>
> Before I fully implement this, I want to test some of the free IP to
> Geolocation APIs to find which one is the most accurate on average. So
> please go to the following (very simple) page on my web-site, and
> follow the instructions:
>
> http://www.ryanleavengood.com/haiku/location.html
>
> The more people who test and vote, the better choice I can make. Only
> one vote per IP address is allowed.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan
For me, they all show exactly the same information, which is totally
correct as to the city/country. The detailed coordinates, however, are
imprecise on all three of them. So, I vote for all. :-)
--
Regards,
Julius
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