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by dextercd 163 days ago
2.33 km off for me. Pretty cool
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500km off for me :)

Google is much better at this. They always open the map right where I am on my pc (Which does not have gps or WiFi, only internet and I don't allow location in the browser)

Interesting!

On the Google search results page at the bottom there's a city name + "From your IP address" link. Clicking it shows a map with a circled region. It seems to match with what Google maps opens by default.

It's a little less accurate than Cloudflare in my case.

Thanks! I didn't know that. I never use Google search directly anymore, always through SearXNG. So I hadn't noticed. It's indeed about 1km away from my actual location. Not bad. I'm about 500m outside the circle.