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DB-IP databases are free and can be downloaded automatically, but geolocation city results are not as accurate as MaxMind's #15694

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Fixes #15589

@diosmosis diosmosis added not-in-changelog For issues or pull requests that should not be included in our release changelog on matomo.org. Needs Review PRs that need a code review labels Mar 15, 2020
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tsteur commented Mar 17, 2020

As mentioned be good if we could explain to users how users can get a MaxMind DB URL by linking to https://matomo.org/faq/how-to/how-do-i-get-the-geolocation-download-url-for-the-free-maxmind-db/ somehow. Not sure if we should also show the message when DB is already configured?

@diosmosis diosmosis merged commit 62ef1d7 into 3.x-dev Mar 17, 2020
@diosmosis diosmosis deleted the 15589-dbip-accuracy-note branch March 17, 2020 22:06
@mattab mattab changed the title Note dbip's poor city accuracy in UI DB-IP databases are free and can be downloaded automatically, but geolocation city results are not as accurate as MaxMind's Mar 24, 2020
jonasgrilleres pushed a commit to 1024pix/pix-analytics that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2020
* Add note about dbip accuracy and maxminds signup requirement.

* tweak urls

* apply review feedback
jbuget pushed a commit to 1024pix/pix-analytics that referenced this pull request Sep 26, 2020
* Add note about dbip accuracy and maxminds signup requirement.

* tweak urls

* apply review feedback
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