Has anyone else noticed that the new Gears geolocation service, with
added data from wifi access points, is wildly inaccurate?

I've now tested it in three different locations, with the following
results:

* Rockville, MD: five wifi APs visible, geolocated to over 14 miles
from my actual location;
* Washington, DC: seven wifi APs visible, geolocated to over 25 miles
from my actual location;
* Bethesda, MD: eight wifi APs viaible, geolocated to over 14 miles
from my actual location.

Note that in all these cases, Geode (using Skyhook's wifi DB) got me
to within a block of my actual location, and in two of the three, got
me to within meters of my actual location.

Jason

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