Where do Firefox and Chrome (etc.) get their Geolocation data from?

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Published on 2010-05-20T11:06:10Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 11:10 UTC
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Recently, I've begun to see the geolocation API at work in my browsers. The crazy thing is, they're the most accurate Geolocation I've ever had. I live in va and most other geolocation services make it look like i live in new jersey or chicago. So whre do these browsers get this data?

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