Thanks for this great link.

Ah. Gotcha.

Since as you point the problem isn’t in Gowalla itself but in how Firefox is open to tinker with, native apps (such as the one soon released for Android) will likely do away with the m.gowalla.com site alltogether.

It is a god reminder for those creating mobile sites intended for use on actual phones to make a call to grab the *phones* gps location rather than the browsers, though.

Thanks! I updated the actual blog in which I try to explain my reasons.

My blogging about it was a stab at the faulty assumption the Pleaserobme site which everyone in my network was discussing at length. I then emailed Gowalla how it’s done, and an idea of how to fix it (based on what little I know about cellular phones and mobile sites), and thus I didn’t want to print a howto until Gowalla had a chance to check it. Perhaps I’m following a type of etiquette you’re not familiar with.

Thanks for your feedback. I see your point but still feel a bit confused about your real motives. If you are concerned about Gowalla why did you blog about your geolocation hack in the first place? You could just have emailed Gowalla without putting out the bait.

See, I actually like playing gowalla. It would be a tad sad if an avalanche of players do this (instead of just a handful).

You don’t need to close and reopen the browser, though. Just shift-reload.