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[Pete Woods <1481240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The scopes shell plugin does cache the GeoIP location, yes. It also has
a timeout, and is refreshed periodically.

As soon as your device acquires a proper GPS lock, however, the scopes
shell plugin immediately prefers the true GPS lock.

However, the location service does not provide any high level location
information (country, region, city), only numerical
information(latitude, longitude, altitude), so GeoIP is the only way we
can it. This means that if a scope asks for your city, it can only be as
accurate as your GeoIP information.

Really I'd like to see the location service providing high level
location information, too. But last time I raised this, the idea was
resisted.

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Title:
  Can't get correct location information before use other GPS apps

Status in NearBy Scope:
  New
Status in unity-scopes-api package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My location should be Tainan, Taiwan.
  If I did not run another GPS apps before, NearBy shows my location is in the center of Taiwan.

  system-image-cli -i
  current build number: 76
  device name: arale
  channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/meizu.en
  last update: 2015-08-04 15:20:42
  version version: 76
  version ubuntu: 20150804
  version device: 20150709-8965e37
  version custom: 20150716-819-8-42

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