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Questions tagged [geolocation]

Refers to geographical location of a device.

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How do I manually set location for redshift using the conf files?

I have geolocation turned off in Ubuntu 15.10. Is there a way to set location via GPS coordinates or neatest metro area using the in ~/.config/redshift.conf?
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Redshift - Enable location services on ubuntu 16.04

I have a problem with Redshift. It doesn't get the location from my geolocation provider 'geoclue'. The problem was more noticeable when I tried to use Maps app which said I should enable location services in order to be located. I just can't find…
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Badge photos that are geotagged

I want to know if my photos are Geo-tagged. Is there an app or plugin that will badge these in Nautilus? ...or perhaps show the tag in list details?
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Command line doesn't recognize VPN and makes requests from real IP?

System Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Desktop Environment: GNOME Shell 3.16.4 VPN: Astrill v2.9.3 Problem I live in China. Without a VPN, I can't access many sites, including Google, Facebook, etc. Thus, I have bought the Astrill VPN and installed it on my…
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Geolocation coordinates set for Gnome apps are incorrect

The coordinates that are set for Gnome apps like Maps, Weather, and Night Light are 500 kilometers away from my current location, causing my desktop to display the wrong location in Maps, display irrelevant weather information, and most annoyingly…
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Ubuntu 20.10 geoclue errors

I just updated Ubuntu 20.04 to 20.10, and I'm finding a lot of these geoclue errors in /var/log/syslog... Nov 25 13:35:05 Satellite-E55 geoclue[105775]: Failed to query location: Forbidden It appears in /etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf that it's making an…
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Location services enabled but not working

I have location services enabled, however, when I use an app that requires location access such as gnome-maps or Firefox (with allowed permissions for google maps) it doesn't work. Google maps shows that there was an error while determining location…
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Can't find toggle switch for location services

I am unable to find toggle switch to enable/disable location services.
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How to disable or delete Ubuntu Desktop geoip-database?

So, I found out why geoip-database is used in Ubuntu, but it seems it is intrustive. So, can you disable it or delete it? If so, will that interferer with Ubuntu performance?
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Unable to retrieve location on Google maps -- no error though

I have been following this link to make maps find my position but it doesn't work. After I "Enable Location Services" on my system and "Access your location" in my browser (Firefox), I click on my location dot, it blinks but it does not retrieve my…
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Location service works the opposite way

I use a Lenovo ThinkPad T490 with Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. When I switch OFF the Location Service in the settings, it determines my location perfectly in the Maps application. If I switch it ON, it does not work anymore. Also, when the service is…
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How to fake location(latitude and longitude) in Ubuntu 20.04

I would like my webpages to think that I am almost 500 KMs away from my exact location. I am okay with my IP address being what it was and would also like to not change anything but my latitude and longitude. I am using an Intel laptop(hp bs-145tu)…
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How do I disable the location in gnome-maps

How do I disable the location bubble in gnome-maps? I'm using i3 and don't have most of the gnome-settings packages installed, but it seems like even if you disable location services in gnome, the blue bubble still appears. I've tried sudo sed -i…
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Ubuntu 20.04 geolocation not working on some web browsers

I use Ubuntu 20.04 and I am working on a web app that requires geolocation, so I need to get my current location from the web browser. I noticed that I could not get my position in Firefox using the JS geolocation api. Location services in the…
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Ubuntu 18.04 desktop bug - location services cannot be disabled?

I recently noticed that, despite location services being disabled in the settings menu, the location service indicator will sometimes show in the upper right corner. When I navigate to the settings -> privacy settings the location service option…
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