Avoid using 'ip-api.com' by specifying default coords in config.

examples/geo_alchemy/config.py

@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = True
 
 # credentials for loading map tiles from mapbox
 MAPBOX_MAP_ID = '...'
-MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN = '...'
\ No newline at end of file
+MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN = '...'
+
+# when the creating new shapes, use this default map center
+DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT = -33.918861
+DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG = 18.423300

flask_admin/static/admin/js/form.js

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
           console.error("You must set MAPBOX_MAP_ID in your Flask settings to use the map widget");
           return false;
         }
+        if (!window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT || !window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG) {
+          console.error("You must set DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT and DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG in your Flask settings to use the map widget");
+          return false;
+        }
 
         var geometryType = $el.data("geometry-type")
         if (geometryType) {
@@ -148,12 +152,8 @@
             map.fitBounds(bounds);
           }
         } else {
-          // look up user's location by IP address
-          $.getJSON("//ip-api.com/json/?callback=?", function(data) {
-            map.setView([data["lat"], data["lon"]], 12);
-          }).fail(function() {
-              map.setView([0, 0], 1)
-          });
+          // use the default map center
+          map.setView([window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT, window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG], 12);
         }
 
         // set up tiles

flask_admin/templates/bootstrap2/admin/lib.html

@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@
   {% if config.MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN %}
   window.MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN = "{{ config.MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN }}";
   {% endif %}
+  {% if config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT and config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG %}
+  window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT = "{{ config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT }}";
+  window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG = "{{ config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG }}";
+  {% endif %}
   </script>
   <script src="{{ admin_static.url(filename='vendor/leaflet/leaflet.js', v='1.0.2') }}"></script>
   <script src="{{ admin_static.url(filename='vendor/leaflet/leaflet.draw.js', v='0.4.6') }}"></script>

flask_admin/templates/bootstrap3/admin/lib.html

@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@
   {% if config.MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN %}
   window.MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN = "{{ config.MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN }}";
   {% endif %}
+  {% if config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT and config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG %}
+  window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT = "{{ config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LAT }}";
+  window.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG = "{{ config.DEFAULT_CENTER_LONG }}";
+  {% endif %}
   </script>
   <script src="{{ admin_static.url(filename='vendor/leaflet/leaflet.js', v='1.0.2') }}"></script>
   <script src="{{ admin_static.url(filename='vendor/leaflet/leaflet.draw.js', v='0.4.6') }}"></script>