FabSwingers.com forum: See who's near... Wrong area

By *uvs-2-Suck OP Man
over a year ago

Preston

Every time I click on to see who's near it shows people in the south east of England.

I'm in Lancashire in the north west so it's not much good to me!

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

What happens when you refresh it, then filter by preferences?

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

"Every time I click on to see who's near it shows people in the south east of England.

I'm in Lancashire in the north west so it's not much good to me!"

"You'll have to give us more to go on than that!

Phone make + model?

Operating system?

Browser?

Do your other location apps (GPS, Maps) give your location correctly?

Have you given your browser permission to pass your location to Fab?

Etc.?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

see who's near is a good idea but not very accurate. No point it telling me someone is 10-15 miles away. Need accuracy within 1/4 of a mile or better. If members don't like that kind of accuracy they dont need to use it.

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

If the closest person who matches your filters is 10-15 miles away, then it IS telling you that there's no-one closer! It's not meant to be a tracker system, so you can tap people on the shoulder in the supermarket queue!

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By *r and mrs bangerboobsCouple
over a year ago

Bridgend

We've always found the 'who's near' to be exceedingly accurate.... when we've seen people on line within 1/2 a mile when we've been out and about, we've messaged them and its resulted in meets too

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

"We've always found the 'who's near' to be exceedingly accurate.... when we've seen people on line within 1/2 a mile when we've been out and about, we've messaged them and its resulted in meets too

Likewise. I have seen them within half a mile. Rather than message them though, I have shouted their username as loudly as possible. A couple of times I have heard a really faint "Hello?"

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By *uvs-2-Suck OP Man
over a year ago

Preston

"If the closest person who matches your filters is 10-15 miles away, then it IS telling you that there's no-one closer! It's not meant to be a tracker system, so you can tap people on the shoulder in the supermarket queue!

I realise that mate. Occasionally it works ok but 70 percent of the time its showing everyone in the south east as being near me.

My ordinary satnav etc all work fine.

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By *uvs-2-Suck OP Man
over a year ago

Preston

"Every time I click on to see who's near it shows people in the south east of England.

I'm in Lancashire in the north west so it's not much good to me!

You'll have to give us more to go on than that!

Phone make + model?

Operating system?

Browser?

Do your other location apps (GPS, Maps) give your location correctly?

Have you given your browser permission to pass your location to Fab?

Etc.?"

It's a HTC Sensation mate. Maps, sat nav etc all work perfectly and have given the browser permission etc.

30% of the time it works ok but the other 70% gives my location as Reading!

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By *j_markCouple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Totteridge/Whetstone

On the page where you turn it on or off copy and paste the two numbers (latitude and longitude) which are next to "we got your location ok" into google maps and see where it puts you

Admin x

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