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9/ Wrapping up - browser location is an interesting tool that can be used to improve the user's web application experience.
But ... it requires user permission, and even if that permission is granted it can be inaccurate or misleading.
π©βπ Want to learn more? Here's the official W3C geolocation spec: https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-api/
10/ Thanks for reading (and sharing) this week's #geoeducation ππ§βπthread.
If you found this interesting you may also like our thread about the details of IP geolocation:
https://en.osm.town/@opencage/110684680611521959
or our thread about the privacy implications of geocoding:
https://en.osm.town/@opencage/112263444689238767
We have links to many more geothreads about geospatial technologies, #geoweirdness of individual countries, geocoding, border disputes, etc listed on our blog:
https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
10/ Thanks for reading (and sharing) this week's #geoeducation ππ§βπthread.
If you found this interesting you may also like our thread about the details of IP geolocation:
https://en.osm.town/@opencage/110684680611521959
or our thread about the privacy implications of geocoding:
https://en.osm.town/@opencage/112263444689238767