Ryan Malayter wrote: > > Given the errors in all IP geolocation services, wouldn't it make > sense to allow pool server operators to identify their country (and > maybe LAT/LONG) alongside their bandwidth? This could be of course > optional, falling back on the MaxMind/whatever geolocation data if > operator-supplied location data is not present. > I don't expect you can ask poolmembers their LAT/LON and get more reliable results than using those IP location services. You'll get a good fraction of bad numbers, swapped LAT and LON, wrong signs, etc. Maybe it would get a little bit better when you let the user click on a map, but you will be surprised seeing how many people cannot indicate their own position on a map!
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