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    • PittmarlP
      Pittmarl | Premium
      last edited by

      The search location no longer finds my address.
      It did before.
      So I cannot save my location to favorites.
      My laptop does not use GPS, but network location.
      This has been working correctly for well over 1 1/2 years and has suddenly changed.
      The Windy map no longer even shows my Road name.
      Nor my house lot.
      Sort of meaningless showing my location 30 miles away.

      Russell L Pittman

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      • PittmarlP
        Pittmarl | Premium
        last edited by

        Yes, the location on the web portion is hosed, the map background has changed no longer even showing my address..
        I put in and saved my location in Milton Florida and when selected, takes me to an old address in Ellijay Georgia.

        Russell L Pittman

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        • SutyS
          Suty Administrator @Pittmarl
          last edited by

          @Pittmarl Can you please provide any details or screenshots about the whole situation?

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          • PittmarlP
            Pittmarl @Suty | Premium
            last edited by

            @Ondřej-Šutera

            I live in Avalon Beach.
            The blue dot is the location the web page detects me.
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            Russell L Pittman

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            • PittmarlP
              Pittmarl @Suty | Premium
              last edited by

              @Ondřej-Šutera

              My phone shows the correct location.

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              Russell L Pittman

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              • SutyS
                Suty Administrator @Pittmarl
                last edited by

                @Pittmarl This is caused by using IP geolocation on your desktop/laptop, which hasn't GPS as your mobile device. We cannot affect this.

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                • PittmarlP
                  Pittmarl @Suty | Premium
                  last edited by

                  @Ondřej-Šutera
                  You are lying.
                  I see a new announcement. The Web version has changed..
                  This problem has just recently occurred which means Windy.com did it.
                  What BS.
                  Won't renew my subscription.
                  Good luck.

                  Russell L Pittman

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                  • idefix37I
                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Pittmarl
                    last edited by idefix37

                    @Pittmarl
                    Nobody is lying ! Your issue is not related to the last update.
                    Again... your phone has a GPS positioning, not your PC.
                    Your PC only uses your IP address which is absolutely not precise.
                    Place a Favorite on the map where you live and use it as Start-up location.

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                    • PittmarlP
                      Pittmarl @idefix37 | Premium
                      last edited by

                      @idefix37

                      Well, it suddenly corrected location last week to something very close by. (within a mile) for several days.
                      This morning the location is 20 miles away.
                      If I put in my address (in Milton Florida), the map goes to Ellijay Georgia.
                      375 miles away in another state.
                      What on earth is wrong with that?
                      I have cleared caches multiple times.
                      Recently I have not.

                      Google maps and all other GIS based location services work fine.
                      I can find an earbud in another room in my house.
                      Funny that.

                      Russell L Pittman

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                      • KorinaK
                        Korina @Pittmarl
                        last edited by

                        @Pittmarl Hello, you can always save your exact location to your favorites and set it as default in settings.

                        Korina

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