Linux location services provided by GeoClue have been historically unreliable. Whether it’s VPN usage causing incorrect locations, rate limits from upstream services, or broken functionality after system upgrades, users often find themselves struggling with basic location-aware features.
  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Interesting. Possibly useful to some. I have also discovered that the simplest, most privacy-friendly way to update location is just to do it manually when you change location.

    I have a simple script that does this by querying OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim server with the city name. It feeds the resulting coordinates thru a Python library that deduces the timezone, and sets the system time to this.

  • Hirom@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 months ago

    Then someone will write an utility that automatically sets timezone using geoclue location data.

    • zquestz@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      They could if GeoClue was reliable. The problem is that it often doesn’t work, so I doubt anyone would want to use it as a source to set their time zone.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Ah, ok, got a little confused… GeoClue TZ is an improvement on GeoClue

    I didn’t even know this was a thing, I just dealt with this manually - now feeling a little silly.