Somehow this only replied to Nemo
Begin forwarded message: > From: birgitte...@yahoo.com > Date: July 23, 2012 12:27:56 PM CDT > To: "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemow...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Geolocalization improvement proposal > > > > > > On Jul 23, 2012, at 7:42 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemow...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> birgitte...@yahoo.com, 23/07/2012 14:28: >>> I am unaware of what the shortcomings of the current system are and where >>> any improvements would be felt. This makes it a bit hard to have a firm >>> opinion of the trade-offs involved with changing the system. So what >>> exactly are the problems people are having with the current geolocation >>> system? >> >> As the page tries to prove, looks like the current system is completely >> unreliable and therefore useless for most geonotices in Italy and probably >> other places. > > I think it would be useful to have a wider study of the accuracy of the > current system. Privacy issues are always a concern. I am not certain I > could support gathering more exact information on users who are well-served > by the current system. It would be more supportable, I think, if there were a > way to turn on the browser-based system only for those who are in areas that > are known to be poorly served by the current system. Or if you were to ask > those who geolocate to known ambiguous areas to opt-in to browser-based > geolocation. There is obviously a benefit for some people, but a cost to > everyone if we were to switch wholesale. Further study to determine exactly > how widespread and how significant the benefit would be is something that I > think might be useful. > > Birgitte SB _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
