Its not Googles fault, they are going off a ip-location database that ISPs submit. I used to come up right where I live, but now I come up over an Eircom exchange. But Im not with Eircom, Im with Irish Broadband. It is down to ISPs to submit the information, Google just read what they get. And unless your IP is static your always going to jump around. We dont know how often these records are updated. Doing a ping or tracert will always show the local ISP network exchange. But that exchange could be some distance. Only in America does IP-location really work. Google doesnt say that there mapping is 100% for Ireland, no where is it 100%. The further down you go on a map the harder it is for it to be valid. Street level is very hard to get in Ireland with Googles Geocoding.
Last edited by rooneydavid; 23-11-2007 at 04:49 PM.
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