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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
Posts: 4876
Location: Newcastle
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2 miles off for me, not as bad as those pop-ups though, they think I'm in Milton Keynes!
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am
Posts: 7011
Location: Wiltshire
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
Posts: 10022
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Yipes! It's pinpointed me to the correct house!  _________________ He fights for the users.
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
Posts: 1652
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Hmm, Firefox 3.0 is as high as I can go. _________________A Mac user 
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
Posts: 6954
Location: Peebo
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How so CC? Anyway, it couldn't find me. According to Google I'm somewhere on the Welsh border so I think I should be safe from the Black Stealth Helicopter brigade for a little longer.
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
Posts: 1652
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Ah, it seems that I was on 3.0.x and I needed to be at 3.0.y before it offered me the update to 3.5. (I don't use Firefox much as I prefer Safari and Opera) _________________A Mac user
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
Posts: 1652
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It got me to within 10 metres. Impressive.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
Posts: 5975
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
Posts: 8603
Location: location, location
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Not so impressive for me Map
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
Posts: 10022
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_________________He fights for the users.
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phantombudgie
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:45 pm
Posts: 994
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I tried in in FF 3.5 with NoScript and the infop bar at the top said "Google maps wants permission to find your location. Allow / Deny (tick) Remember for this site (tick)" Something similar in Chrome also. "Allow Chrome to use Google Gears to find your location?" The button is not visible in IE8. I allowed Chrome, It's off by a mile... 
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
Posts: 10691
Location: Bramsche
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Just tried it at home. At work, it says North American continent, doesn't get any more accurate than that.
At home, it has narrowed it down to about 400 square miles in North Germany, but doesn't put a place marker to make it any more accurate.
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HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
Posts: 7262
Location: Here, but not all there.
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So, with whom does Google share this information?
I admit to chickening out.
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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