Geonames : Choosing a location with a mouse click is misleading

Bug #1048782 reported by Akhila
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Expired
Wishlist
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Bug Description

I tried choosing the Kolkata time zone by clicking on the map. When I chose to click on the center of the Indian map, the location chosen was Kathmandu (Screenshot 1). When clicked on the west region of the Indian map, the location selected was Karachi (Screenshot 2). When clicked on the south region of the Indian map, the location selected was Colombo (Screenshot 3). And to choose Kolkata, I was expected to click just around the actual location of the city (Screenshot 4) though India has just one time zone and it is recognized as the Kolkata time zone. It can surely mislead an unassuming user, who will probably try chosing the location with a click somewhere/anywhere on the Indian map. I do not know if this is the case with other regions on the map.
Again, if one keeps the mouse intact and makes multiple clicks with enough time for location to be chosen each time, different locations are selected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.15-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 11 00:40:12 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120910)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Akhila (akhilahegde) wrote :
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Akhila (akhilahegde) wrote :
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Akhila (akhilahegde) wrote :
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Akhila (akhilahegde) wrote :
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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