Why does WalkOurWorld think I am in the United States of America when I am really in the United Kingdom (or some other country)?
WalkOurWorld and other sites hosted by OurWorld Internet Services decode incoming requests. The server tries to work out from the Internet Protocol (IP) numbers in your request which country the request is coming from, using freely available lists which map groups of IP numbers to countries. Some Internet Service Providers (AOL for example) assign numbers to their customers’ internet connections which are drawn from a block that the freely available list says is allocated to the United States. We will make efforts to try to amend the list we use so that anomalies like this do not happen, but this requires cooperation with our development staff on the part of ISPs like AOL. In the meantime, if your country is mis-recognised, use the country drop-down option list at the top left of the page to select your correct country. Then, when the page has reloaded, click the “Save” checkbox at the top left. The page will again reload, with the checkbox now labelled “Clear”, and a ‘cookie’ set in y
