I've been looking at "nearby" posts on the mobile version of G+...

Julian Bond - 2011-07-31 08:09:45+0000

Forgot to add the link.
https://m.google.com/app/plus/mp/61#~loop:svt=nearby&view=stream

Jean Abraham - 2011-07-31 08:10:26+0000

All are secret agents here

Julian Bond - 2011-07-31 08:11:20+0000 - Updated: 2011-07-31 08:11:50+0000

The name's Bond. Ninja Bond.

Just wondering. If I changed my first name to James on G+ would I get banned?

Stu Fleming - 2011-07-31 08:12:02+0000

to test this, I clicked the Location pin. 10 minutes later, it is still trying to determine my location.

Jean Abraham - 2011-07-31 08:13:25+0000 - Updated: 2011-07-31 08:13:45+0000

+Julian Bond Just JBond should work fine

Julian Bond - 2011-07-31 08:13:55+0000

+Stu Fleming Curious. I find if you use Chrome and have wifi running, it generally works it out instantly to within a few hundred metres. Safari seems pretty hopeless. Firefox works fine, and so does the latest IE.

Julian Bond - 2011-07-31 08:14:46+0000

+Jean Abraham If I get in fast enough I usually try and grab jbond on each new service.

Stu Fleming - 2011-07-31 08:15:00+0000

I'm in New Zealand. that's probably it.

Jean Abraham - 2011-07-31 08:16:57+0000 - Updated: 2011-07-31 08:17:10+0000

You could though :) jbond.co is available right now, if you are quick :D, it could be yours

Richard Metcalfe - 2011-07-31 08:56:23+0000

Mobile is pretty good though exactly what is "nearby " needs better definition. I agree with Sandra that not everyone wants their location known - I tend to use it at the region level rather than precise location unless I'm commenting on a specific place. +Julian Bond I notice you seem to attach your location to every post, for a reason?

Stef Kunzer - 2011-07-31 08:58:21+0000

The desktop app pins you as your ISP's main server in think (in my case in Bicester it pins me in Milton Keynes). Mobile seems relatively accurate, but you can choose it too.

Julian Bond - 2011-07-31 09:15:08+0000

+Richard Metcalfe Mostly I'm just playing. But also to emphasise that I'm in the UK.

Julian Bond - 2011-07-31 09:15:54+0000 - Updated: 2011-07-31 09:16:09+0000

+Steve Kunzer Chrome uses wifi if you have it turned on with a laptop. Using G's database of APs collected by street view. The fall back is a database of IPs

Stu Fleming - 2011-07-31 09:16:43+0000

ah, that explains why it doesn't work in NZ - they got sued here for collecting private data

Tony Sidaway - 2011-07-31 09:24:51+0000

I'm still a bit paranoid about geolocation. Then I go on Google Maps Street view and take a look at my own front door and think "what the hell."