Wacky locations on check-in
I've been playing with the checkin feature and have had some, erm, interesting results.
I'm in Northern Ireland. BK settings are private, trusted friends see exact address, friends see city.
If I checkin to my exact home address, it looks fine on my screen - but to friends, it shows up as a town over 20 miles away. This happens whether I use a label or not (although the label is not visible to friends due to the privacy settings).
If I use my postcode to checkin, it puts me in Germany.
And then it gets really interesting.
If I use latitude/longitude to checkin to my home address, it looks fine to me - but it tells my friends I'm in Berkeley, California. It's still telling *me* I'm in Northern Ireland...so I only know it's completely wrong for friends if I check with them.
If I check in at a particular location in my town, using the business name, friends can't see my checkins or posts. I've mentioned this before.
If I checkin at a different location my town (across the street from the one above), using a street address, it's visible to friends and shows the city. That's fine. Now, if I use my latitude and longitude for that location, it shows up to me as "town, business, UK" - but it's actually a different business, over half a mile away. And to my friends, it shows up as Palo Alto, USA...
I'm in Northern Ireland. BK settings are private, trusted friends see exact address, friends see city.
If I checkin to my exact home address, it looks fine on my screen - but to friends, it shows up as a town over 20 miles away. This happens whether I use a label or not (although the label is not visible to friends due to the privacy settings).
If I use my postcode to checkin, it puts me in Germany.
And then it gets really interesting.
If I use latitude/longitude to checkin to my home address, it looks fine to me - but it tells my friends I'm in Berkeley, California. It's still telling *me* I'm in Northern Ireland...so I only know it's completely wrong for friends if I check with them.
If I check in at a particular location in my town, using the business name, friends can't see my checkins or posts. I've mentioned this before.
If I checkin at a different location my town (across the street from the one above), using a street address, it's visible to friends and shows the city. That's fine. Now, if I use my latitude and longitude for that location, it shows up to me as "town, business, UK" - but it's actually a different business, over half a mile away. And to my friends, it shows up as Palo Alto, USA...
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Inappropriate?Notsheep, would you mind emailing me some of the exact locations that are giving you problems? We will try to reproduce what you are experiencing and see if we can fix it. Send your email to lesleyATbrightkiteDOTkom
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Inappropriate?Got your email, thank you for all of the info. We will start testing this to see what's going on.
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