[AusNOG] google location services - question.

Rob Wise rob at wonk.org
Wed Jun 26 15:38:04 EST 2013


For mobile devices, Google will also geolocate you based on the wifi AP you
are connected to.  If you have an AP you take with you on business trips
you may find the geolocation for it gets 'stuck' in particular countries
for months at a time.


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au> wrote:

> Google do geo-location based on both DNS and actual end-user IP, with the
> latter normally playing the major part.
>
> Presuming you're in Australia, configure your system to use a US DNS
> server, and you'll still find yourself being redirected to
> www.google.com.au.
>
>   Scott
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Lincoln Dale <ltd at aristanetworks.com>wrote:
>
>> Its likely that your question isn't "where does google think a prefix is
>> located" but rather "where does google think the prefix for {my|upstream}
>> name server that asks them is located.
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> lincoln.
>>
>> Lincoln Dale | Principal Engineer, Arista Networks Inc. |
>> ltd at aristanetworks.com
>> au did: +61 3 9999 7442 | m: +61 417 457 965 | us did: +1 408 547 5782
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM, simon thomason <sapage at sapage.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I wanted to see if there was someone on this list whom i could talk to
>>> about where google think certain prefixes are geo located.
>>>
>>> Sorry to be a little vague on this one but not exactly certain what to
>>> ask for.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Simon T.
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