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> Only approximate location is uploaded (~3 mile accuracy).

I believe where this is done by other services they account for the density of population in a geographic area. (IIRC there was an article posted here a few years ago)

In my case a 3m radius would mean I’m one of 4 households, for example.

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Great point. I need to look into this. If you find a link to it, please keep me posted

is there maybe some way to find the nearest population center from any given location? say the nearest town with 100.000 inhabitants?

something like this: https://citiesnear.com/me

The nearest town with 100k inhabitants means that places such as Greenland are completely excluded, since its largest town by far only has a population of 18k

well, a different threshold could be chosen. or a list of exceptions. so for greenland it would always choose the capital or the biggest town. or make it user configurable. ideally i would just like to enter the name of the nearest town myself, regardless of size or location. maybe provide a dropdown list of nearby population centers and let the user choose their preference.

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