Ask HN: how is browser geolocation so precise?
I'm in the middle of nowhere, connecting through cable, google maps doesn't even have the street view anywhere within 40 miles, my laptop doesn't have a GPS. Yet my browser geolocates me exactly. And I mean EXACTLY, it points to the house I'm in.<p>I just asked my wife, who is traveling abroad, to try it, and it also pinpointed her within 50 feet.<p>Try it yourself - go to google maps, click on the dot above the orange man icon.<p>I have no idea how it works so well.<p>I tried IP to location services, and none of them are even close. Most of them are 40-70 miles off.