I live in Virginia and after the last major update My google maps default to Taiwan. I have tried in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge so I’m fairly sure its a system issue. My google searches had me change/edit a few files, but I’m unsuccessful. Any assistance is appreciated.
As far as I know there is no geolocation service active - Google determines your (initial) location from the IP address of your internet provider.
Maybe they are wrong about their guess - or maybe you are using a VPN?
That would put your location at wherever the exit point is.
I’ve used a VPN it in the past, but never to Asia.
I believe that’s the case. I have to use manual Geo-location now. i.e. Latitude and Logitude.
I only use it for screen dimming though.
How do I do that. I followed some instructions to make a file with lat and long, but no dice. is that it?
I believe it’s in your settings menu.
I use KDE…
You can change it under “Night Color” to “Sunrise and Sunset at Manual Location”
Then it will allow you to put in your Latitude and Longitude location.
It would probably be good to know for people who want to help what exactly those files are and what edits you made.
I created a file called geolocation in /etc for /etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf to read as my static position.
ran:
systemctl restart geoclue.service
This isn’t working
I’m using Gnome, fail for me lol
That is for adjusting the color temperature of the screen according to local daylight/night times. - not as much blue light at night time, more reddish … it’s easier on the eyes at night.
Probably the first thing to do would be to work out if the incorrect geolocation is related to your IP address. Try visiting:
The first screen will give your location according to your public IP address. If it shows you are in Taiwan, then the issue is something to do with the IP address you are sending out to the world when you browse the web. If you use a proxy or VPN, then your location will reflect the location of the proxy/VPN, not where you are.
If the above shows your correct location, then it is likely a browser or Google issue. Underneath that result will be the option to check the “Browser Geolocation”, which is your location worked out according to information your browser sends. If it also shows the correct location then, as the issue is only occurring on Google Maps, you can assume that the issue is related to Google.
If the issue is browser-related, there are some add-ons which will enable you to change the geolocation your browser sends:
- Spoof Geolocation (version >= 0.2.4)
- Change Geolocation (Location Guard) (version >= 0.1.8)
I use Spoof Geolocation, as the way my ISP routes traffic means that my location keeps changing cities here in Australia, which is very irritating when looking for a local service. It works well - Google Maps (and others such as OpenStreetMap) now always open with my home in the middle, rather than a random place in Brisbane or Melbourne or Canberra or Adelaide.
I hope you kept a note of any changes you made so they can be reversed.
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That link returned the correct location. trying to fiddle with the firefox add-ons
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This add-on is my life now. Thank you!
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That’s okay. Nobody’s perfect. We forgive you. 
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