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vovchyk
Brass Contributor
Apr 29, 2020

Geolocation wrong (really wrong) in Edge but correct in Chrome

This is probably a Windows 10 API problem not an Edge issue, but geolocation is wrong - usually really, really wrong - in Edge... while Chrome gets my location dead-on.  On the same computer.  At the...
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Masobaso
Copper Contributor
Jul 28, 2021

SkipperGreg This is nuts - similar problem which seems to be on Microsoft but location dependent. Bear with me - I noticed my Window time (on auto time-zone) was incorrect. I have travelled up to my parents on the Sunshine Coast in Oz but it was fine when in Brisbane. The auto-time zone was showing Amsterdam, Rome, etc and not Briabsn. So I checked on the location settings and setting the "default" to choose current location and it zoomed the map to a town in Italy. Did the same in Google Maps in MS Edge. But not in Chrome - it went directly to where I am.
So I checked my parents' laptops and exactly the same problem - so it must be the ISP or the wifi router AND how windows/microsoft gathers the location data but NOT Google Chrome. So I tried my mobile hotspot - Same result but the mobile is on the same ISP (Optus).
So, process of elimination, the issue (in my case at least) surely must be a combination of what the ISP is showing to windows.

Two screenshots below, one from Edge thre other from Chrome, same action to select location from the map.

I believe the laptop has a GPS (spectre x360).

Then my Dad told me he noticed this a few weeks ago... what can cause this?

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Dueydoodah
Copper Contributor
Aug 20, 2022
I want to thank you for this insight. I always have issues getting the correct location while I move around the country. Your tip on the time has finally fixed the problems I've been having when using the RV Life Campground website. It has always been haphazard when trying to submit a speed test to post when performing a campground review. Again, I was having this issue when I stumbled upon your note. When I checked my PCs time, it was off by one hour. Once I changed to reflect the proper time, and ensured Maps had the correct location set as the default, the speed test submission found the correct campground. It appears that Windows 11 can't detect the correct location, even when you set the default manually in Maps, unless you also have the correct time/time zone.

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