Tell HN: Google Maps location data is used for GeoIP updates
I work for IPinfo, but this is my personal opinion&#x2F;account.<p>Whenever I see people talking about their IP geolocation being wrong, I will reach out to them and try to fix that issue. Even if it is just one person, it really means a lot to them and to us as well.<p>For some IP geolocation correction, some providers are better than others, but with Google? oof, tough break.<p>It is really weird to see that the best possible chance of fixing your IP address with Google is to get a bunch of android smartphones and start running Google Maps with GPS on. Yes, that is even suggested to organizations with their own ASN (which represents a big IP address block) who are struggling with wrong IP geolocation assignment by Google. I have yet to come across any post about how people were able to contact Google, and they fixed their IP geolocation issues.