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Melvyn Sopacua  
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 More options Jul 24 2012, 10:56 am
From: Melvyn Sopacua <m.r.sopa...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:56:34 +0200
Local: Tues, Jul 24 2012 10:56 am
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On 15-7-2012 4:30, JJ Zolper wrote:

> So i was thinking maybe GeoIP might be good because it will use the users
> location and last known GeoIP of the artist for example.

> I was curious if anyone had any ideas or better ideas then I had.

IP addresses are only good if the remote address matches the physical
location [1].

Using geolocation [2] is probably a better solution especially since the
user can opt-in with it, support is growing [3] and available in mobile
devices.

[1]
<http://serverfault.com/questions/125944/with-more-mobile-users-my-geo...>
[2] <http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/geolocation/>
[3] <http://diveintohtml5.info/geolocation.html>
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JJ Zolper  
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 More options Jul 24 2012, 11:08 am
From: JJ Zolper <codinga...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:08:04 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Jul 24 2012 11:08 am
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Thank you for the great information!

Currently I'm focused on my desktop browser platform but if I move to
mobile I'll consider GeoLocation!

JJ


 
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Markus Gattol  
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 More options Jul 24 2012, 1:45 pm
From: Markus Gattol <markus.gat...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:45:28 -0700 (PDT)
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You're mistaken if you think only mobile devices support geolocation
queries; current Chrome for example supports it already

 - info: https://developers.google.com/maps/articles/geolocation
 - test your browser:
http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples/geolocation.html


 
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JJ Zolper  
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 More options Jul 24 2012, 6:26 pm
From: JJ Zolper <codinga...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:26:07 -0700 (PDT)
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I dont believe I said it wasnt supported. Currently I am interested in having the user have the flexibility to change and update their location manually so they can find results in their area. I dont believe geolocation is the answer for that. I have the user input city and state and use WGS84 in lat lon and be able to calculate locations across america.


 
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Markus Gattol  
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 More options Jul 25 2012, 1:23 am
From: Markus Gattol <markus.gat...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
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I see. You could use geolocation and still let the user input his location
manually though even after you got a result via geolocation. The manual
result via geocoding you can do in various ways like simple 'user puts in
address, lat/lng is returned' or maybe even 'user drags marker to his
position on map, lat/lng is returned'. Several ways to do it really. I'd
however still use geolocation as a first step to aid user comfort and leave
it to the user to decide whether or not he wants to correct his location if
necessary/desired.


 
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JJ Zolper  
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 More options Jul 25 2012, 9:22 am
From: JJ Zolper <codinga...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:22:24 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Jul 25 2012 9:22 am
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I agree I can have the user input city and state and do a lat lon as a basic search and let the user put in their home address or pan on a map for an advanced search. However given the large amounts of data Im striving for pure speed and efficiency. By possibly deciding againist geolocation and relying on the user I avoid extraneous server requests. I also give full control to my users.


 
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