Until just now, I'd never even heard of Chandgad.
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They did some automatic network wide "improvement" of user locations. See "Why does my location in stackoverflow profile change?" on meta.SO. More details can be found in this meta.SO answer: The Yahoo PlaceFinder thinks that "Chandgad, India" is a best match for "Here".
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1Wow. That is some algorithm. I am now curious what it would match for zed-zed-nine-plural-zed-alpha... – Willie Wong Apr 24 '11 at 2:30
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@Willie: I got "Alpha, MI, United States". Very nice is the answer for "Somewhere in the vicinity of Sol". – Hendrik Vogt Apr 24 '11 at 12:36
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So Alpha, MI is preferred over Alpha, NJ? I wonder if it is just alphabetical. – Willie Wong Apr 26 '11 at 0:50