Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > Michael Rasmussen wrote: >> I'm reading Dive into HTML5 http://diveintohtml5.org/ >> >> There's a chapter on HTML5 features including Geolocation. >> Clicking through the test link Firefox pops up a warning "website wants >> Geolocation. Tell them?" kinda thing. >> >> I click yes and a Google map showing my exact location pops up. >> Repeat with Chrome, same results including getting my permission first. >> Konqueror doesn't support the feature. >> >> This raises two questions: >> How? I'm doing my web browing through my laptop -> home WiFi -> DSL linkage. >> Why do large commercial sites (eg, Facebook) keep making me offers for >> Seattle based services? > > I think it is because your "ISP" has it's main office in Seattle or gets > its IPs from someone in Seattle. If you do a reverse lookup (rDNS) on > the IP you're assigned you will probably see some thing that indicates > teh Seattle area. > > I'm sitting in Hayden, Idaho but my service provider is in Spokane so > my IP (block) looks like it is in Spokane.
A quick follow up. I tried the link on the book page and it actually got pretty close to the location of my ISP's NOC. Half-block or so. Rod -- > > > \\||/ > Rod _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
