How close are you to other Opera users?

July 1, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

This is pretty cool; with the latest version of Opera you can enable and use a new feature called Geolocation. We've created a Live Map where you can try out this feature real-time. It's pretty cool to see Opera users from all over the world.

Readers' comments 37

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Sami SerolaThursday, July 1, 2010 6:50:11 AM
Is there any way to share the identity? Nickname or something? Now I just see bunch of anonymous Opera users or am I missing something?

EDIT: But it is really cool to see how many of us is already using Opera 10.60

EDIT: Folks, do remember everyone does not share their location, so there really are more of us using the latest Opera browser
TamilThursday, July 1, 2010 7:02:30 AM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Cool2.gif -
LukášThursday, July 1, 2010 7:11:38 AM
irczasThursday, July 1, 2010 7:16:23 AM
i like it !
MorphdreamerThursday, July 1, 2010 7:17:59 AM
Very cool
d4rkn1ghtThursday, July 1, 2010 7:35:32 AM
DillonThursday, July 1, 2010 8:31:09 AM
Hahaha, the nearest person to me is hundreds of miles away.
Babatola opeyemiThursday, July 1, 2010 9:16:13 AM
My is a little bit different because i don't even see any nearest person.
L2D2Thursday, July 1, 2010 9:20:03 AM
I guess I'm the only person in Texas sharing their location. http://files.myopera.com/L2D2/STUFF/Smilies//JC-LOL.gif - I don't see another red flag anywhere.
TamilThursday, July 1, 2010 9:27:47 AM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/LOL.gif -
LucaThursday, July 1, 2010 11:26:04 AM
it says i'm from new york :| but i'm italian :|
HyaeneLeipzigThursday, July 1, 2010 11:29:02 AM
liveMap .... no picture?
LucaThursday, July 1, 2010 12:04:18 PM
how to fix my location? i'm not from new york!
Charles SchlossThursday, July 1, 2010 12:46:06 PM
Kai OckendorfThursday, July 1, 2010 1:03:49 PM
Originally posted by TinoSLE:

no picture?

got no picture too
berend ytsmaThursday, July 1, 2010 1:20:18 PM
Greet, one user lives 5km from me.
There are 6 users 45km.
The rest is +100km away
CarolThursday, July 1, 2010 4:23:37 PM
what a cool tool
Witold BarylukThursday, July 1, 2010 5:17:49 PM
Pretty slow (100% cpu), becuase on theese map i see thousends pins.
AllanFriday, July 2, 2010 12:11:24 AM
About 15 showing in New Zealand so far.
There's a concentrated spot around Waldemar Thranes Gate in Oslo I see
Yeni SetiawanFriday, July 2, 2010 4:55:08 AM
I'm lost 40km from where I am now. I'm using cables, it's because of the ISP I guess.
Witold BarylukFriday, July 2, 2010 5:53:57 AM
Originally posted by sandalian:

I'm lost 40km from where I am now. I'm using cables, it's because of the ISP I guess.
Yes, unfortunetly there is no way to automatically find more accurate placement of you using only IP address in such situation. Small "Ad": In such cases small geolocation provider http://unite.opera.com/application/701 can help
SamuelFriday, July 2, 2010 11:43:07 AM
Hi im sammy from ghana. A twenty-two year old guy,interested in meeting and knowing people from all corners of the world. Interested friends can log me at [email protected]. Thanks byee
Yung Daddy Junior Jr(II)Friday, July 2, 2010 2:34:53 PM
hi.what about me.will u locate me.l am currently in KENYA.my dad is having a dual citizen .(hope l get mine if things go well) .l dont like YOU PPLE STROKING ME.REMEMBER THAT.NXT.the only person l have seen with my naked eye are two-one gal frm Uganda and one guy frm KENYA.
Mad Scientist (عادل)Saturday, July 3, 2010 6:56:02 PM
When I tried this the other day, it said I was in Turkey instead of South Africa. Today it doesn't want to say where it thinks I am. .
I'm using a 3G modem which should allow fairly reasonable geolocation. Google Maps on my phone finds my location to within five kilometres! .
william blakeSaturday, July 3, 2010 8:29:48 PM
wao, awesome work done, I can see my location
Rodrigo Gomes BarbaraSunday, July 4, 2010 1:03:36 AM
It had more difficult to find me than to find Waldo! It says that I am in a totally different place, (more than 90 miles), it sounds like a good idea, but surely needs more polishing.
Witold BarylukSunday, July 4, 2010 1:13:17 AM
Originally posted by Clawdeath:

It had more difficult to find me than to find Waldo! It says that I am in a totally different place, (more than 90 miles), it sounds like a good idea, but surely needs more polishing.

This is not a fault of Opera. Opera is using Google Database. It is based both on wifi data and on IP data. If you there are good wifi data, it is possibly very accurate. If there is no, Google ueses IP info, which can be very inprecise, but still at least be in the same country or state. This is becuase many ISP, register only in one city, but have clients in many others.
1DemonstratorSunday, July 4, 2010 9:23:09 AM
Ha!!ha!! LOVE IT!!
1DemonstratorSunday, July 4, 2010 9:28:54 AM
ludmarSunday, July 4, 2010 1:42:00 PM
great!
gambo a. muhammadSunday, July 4, 2010 10:01:14 PM
i cant really download the latest opera with my phone nokia phone.guys and ma hot and sexy ladies can someone help me. in nigeria even my roomate in AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA. NIGERIA. uses opera. lol guy and ma hot and sexy ladies halla at me...
TroyLiuMonday, July 5, 2010 12:16:06 AM
值得一试…
АлександрMonday, July 5, 2010 9:32:29 AM
http://www.demokratos.ru/ да что ж все такие не сговорчивые?!
HyaeneLeipzigMonday, July 5, 2010 12:06:14 PM
now i can see it .... 3 red pins in Leipzig/Germany .... greatings from there
Diego Schild SmithsMonday, July 5, 2010 8:59:25 PM
I'm lost approximately 30 meters from where I am now.
Phil WinnTuesday, July 6, 2010 7:17:12 AM
I seem to have a moved a few streets away
mypciaSunday, July 18, 2010 6:47:02 PM
It would be cool if there was option to enable nicknames to show on the map, preferably with link to profiles