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Reputation: 558

Is it true that the location gotten by JavaScript is more accurate than the location gotten by IP address?

On the client side, I can get the location with Javascript by "navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition" https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_geolocation
But I have to have the user permission for location

On the server side, I can get the location with just by the IP address, and I don't need the user permission

So Is it true that the location gotten by JavaScript is more accurate than the location gotten by IP address?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 459

Answers (1)

Sid Mathur
Sid Mathur

Reputation: 100

The HTML5/W3C location API works well if your device is a smartphone and the app ("user agent") is a modern browser. Discussion here: Is W3C Geolocation API more accurate the IP geolocation for non-mobile devices?

For many other use cases, IP geolocation APIs are a good bet for approximate location needs, at country and city levels.

Upvotes: 1

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