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Jay
Jay

Whenever I look up something near me, it always comes up from a location near me. For instance, I am looking for a doctor near me (Gibbon, MN), but it shows locations around Morgan, MN. How do I change the settings physically on Firefox?

Whenever I look up something near me, it always comes up from a location near me. For instance, I am looking for a doctor near me (Gibbon, MN), but it shows locations around Morgan, MN. How do I change the settings physically on Firefox?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi Jay, sites usually guess your location based on the IP address assigned by your internet service provider. If you give a site permission to access your precise location, Firefox asks Windows for information about nearby WiFi hotspots and uses a Google API to triangulate your location based on that information. These are both subject to incorrect information in the lookup databases. As far as I know, Firefox doesn't have a way to enter your specific latitude/longitude or zip code to pass along to websites.