GORDO Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 So the thing is pretty accurate, it's quite amazing, and scary. if you don't know what i'm talking about google maps now has this show my location button, and it works with desktop systems without the aid of any gps/cell tower information. I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 we should use this so our member map isn't full of gaytards that live in yemen and easter island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 for me it just got vague vicinity, actually. in fact it just centered on the city i lived in, zoomed way out. not even sure if it pinned me down there, or if it just was trying to say "southeast wisconsin." not impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 explained here http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=142065&hl=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 i don't see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabid Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 It's above the zoom control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 ah, thanks...good way to test that my vpn is working properly, according to google i'm in kansas city lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 it got mine to within about 10 feet. that's kinda scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 it doesn't work for me from my desktop (which is plugged into my router by ethernet), however it works just fine for my Nexus S that is connected by WiFi to the exact same router (GPS and A-GPS turned off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenton Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Accurate to a few meters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 off by two houses. fucking useless. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 explained here http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=142065&hl=en yeah i read that before i posted but I still don't get how it can use my neighbor's wi-fi routers/modems to pin point a location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 explained here http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=142065&hl=en yeah i read that before i posted but I still don't get how it can use my neighbor's wi-fi routers/modems to pin point a location. because both Google and Skyhook Wireless have driven around pretty much everywhere in the western world and have logged the MAC addresses and SSIDs of routers that publicly broadcast that information (please note, this is not illegal to do) and have noted the lat/long coordinates for those details. this information, in certain circumstances can be better than GPS for a location fix, especially in heavily built-up areas with tall skyscrapers due to the fact that GPS signal has diffculty getting a lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 here's a layman's explamanation: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/loader_howitworks.swf LINK the fact that it is a self healing network is pretty cool. i don't how they really implemented it, but it shouldn't be too hard to programatically guesstimate the distance to a router by signal strength and/or ping time. now if you see two or more routers, you can start calculating your position relative to them by using basic trigonometry. so i wonder how Chrome's thing works, it doesn't have direct access to the OS's information about WIFI networks seen by it, or does it? I reckon it has to use the operating system's location framework. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon son Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 not even close, 15kms away from my location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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