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Fedimap (fediversemap.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/til@lemmy.world
 

there is a site called "fedimap" which displays approximate physical locations for each fediverse instance. super cool if you want to connect to people irl and want to find physically close organizations :)

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[–] Surp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I hate this isn't all this supposed to be more private

it's all publicly accessible information. what did you think?

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Does not seem to work on ipad with safari. It asks if I want sound or not, then a black screen, even when content blockers are disabled for the site.

ETA: if you hit skip it works fine.

Same with Safari on MacOS - hit skip.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Works like a charm on grapheneOs

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

I am happy for you.

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 7 points 3 days ago

Surprisingly many underwater/floating servers in the Gulf of Finland.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How does it work out the location? Is it IP geo location?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Pretty much unless you say otherwise

https://fediversemap.com/en/faq

The default location was calculated based on the IP address. If you want to fix it, you can ask your server admin to register in the platform, validate the server's domain through DNS, and then edit the location and other information of the server.

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Midwest.social is in Germany? Interesting

[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Hetzner VPS?

huh yeah it's only the server IP address. maybe they're hosted intentionally outside of the US. i can't blame them.