Same Client for two different devices in GA - google-analytics

I am trying to get client IDs and their respective device category, but there is an issue with it, I can see that there are two different devices for only one client Id.
is it possible, Any idea why is that happening, please let me know the reason behind it.
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if you see the index number 3 and 4 the client_ids are same and device category is different
Please let me know the reason behind it and the possible solution behind it,
thanks
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I am new to Here-API and have been struggling for a couple of days. I want to achieve something like this but a bit cleaner. I do not want to plot the point on the map. All I want is to retrieve the speed limit. I have tried a couple of things like this, this. A humble request to please add demo get requests and not just the procedure.
Note: I only have an API Key, I am not looking for android/ios code. Just a demo Get request should be fine. I do not have app-code, app-id as I have a freemium subscription.
The easiest way to find out what you want to know is to watch what happens when you input coordinates and press the Load button.
Using the Chrome browser, log in and go to the page.
Select Menu > More Tools > Developer Tools.
Click Network at the top of the screen.
Type in street coordinates and press Load.
What you see on the right side are the queries and results. The one you're interested in begins with:
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Look at the return value of that call to get your results. The other queries are for the graphical display, so you don't need those.

Wondering how to achieve this (sharing WP page via email and tracking it)

So the following which I'm writing is just to discuss whether something like this is even possible or if any of you would have any better ideas/suggestions or understanding how this might work. I thank anyone who takes time to read this in advance and I hope I don't explain myself too incoherently:
Let's say I have a page in WordPress which has a little bit of text and a video. Basicly I would like to share that page's link or I'd want to forward that page via e-mail to a certain group of people (let's say 10-50 specifically chosen people) and I want to track who of them opened the link and for how long they were on the page or watched the video.
I would like to make this happen in a way that I wouldn't have to make 50 different pages or 50 different URLs for each person (or 50 different tracking strings for that matter). Or that I wouldn't have to take a newsletter-mailer type page in between this process.
Basicly, I would like to make the sharing/forwarding and analytics overview process as easy as possible, so that an admin or moderator wouldn't have to check too many different pages to get the info.
I really appreciate any and all feedback.
[Also really sorry if I posted this in the wrong place. Please feel free to redirect me to a corresponding slot].
Technically, Google Analytics isn't meant to be used to track this specifically- it's typically meant to track groups of anonymized users. That being said, it is capable of doing this (but may not be as automated as you had hoped).
You are correct in thinking that you'd either need to duplicate the pages or create multiple different campaign URLs.
The other thing to keep in mind is that as emails are forwarded, there is no way to update the URL after the email has been sent, so if you email me and I forward it to someone else who clicks through, you're going to think someone else is me.
One way around this would be if you know your users IP addresses (not only is that a big "if", but it can also be spoofed), or some other uniquely identifying feature (any chance these people have signed-up through your website and have actual user IDs? That'd make things infinitely easier!).
Maybe you could customize the email to add their email address as a query string? That could still require a lot of work (and you couldn't just share a single link).
Now, you can not store personally identifiable info in GA (including IP and email addresses), but at the server-level you could assign a custom dimension with a uniquely generated ID and send that to GA. Now you've got all the info you need!
Unfortunately this method only works if you can detect some kind of "fingerprint" of your users.
Unfortunately what you described isn't quite what Google Analytics was designed to do. If you wanted to get into detailed user-specific tracking, I'd advise you look into a CRM. Those systems are designed specifically for user tracking as you described.
Hope that gets you pointed in the right direction.

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Here's the situation. I am trying to implement a system in a restaurant where each table has its unique QR Code. The QR Code is fixed and hard printed on the table. My application is basically a web page and the QR Code is simply a web page address with an encrypted parameter which identifies the table.
This system is already protected (to a certain degree) from pranksters by only allowing orders to come from the IP address of the Wifi connection. So you need to be at least connected to the restaurant's wifi to use this page. Doesn't protect from people outside the building, but that is another issue.
The problem occurs if a user comes today and scans the code for table 3 and places an order. If the user comes later and sits at table 5, I don't know how to stop them from loading the previously scanned link (for table 3) and place an order for table 3.
Having constantly changing time stamped QR Codes would address the problem, but that is impossible since the QR codes are fixed.
Is there a way for the page to "know" that it has been loaded from a QR Code Scan, or whether it was loaded from the browsing history? We are talking about pages loaded on a smartphone, so I guess that complicates matters.
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In short, no. There's usually no "refer" header which will tell you that a page has been loaded from a bookmark or retrieved from a scanner's history rather than scanned directly.
Having an ever changing QR code is not impossible (using eInk or a small display) but that doesn't solve the problem.
Here's how I would fix it.
User scans a code - example.com/table3 - the first thing they see is a map with table 3 highlighted on it.
Text says "If you're not at table 3, please scan the code on your table. If you are - click here to order." Or something like that.
Explain to the user that if they're not sitting at the correct table - someone else will get their food!

Is it possible to have a QR code go to a website AND send a SMS message with the same link?

My boss wants me to fashion a QR code so that when the user scans it, it displays a button that when clicked:
(1) Will take the user to our website.
(2) Will quietly send us a text message.
The purpose of #2 is to allow us to gather their phone number.
In addition to being a privacy violation, I'm pretty sure this (and any other means of achieving this), is technically impossible. Is that correct?
My understanding of QR codes is that they only contain text. That text may contain keywords which a good reader may parse and display buttons for. It seems the closest I can get to my employer's requirement is to use an SMSTO: link in the QR code, so that (given an appropriate reader) the user is prompted to send us an SMS, at which point we can get their number.
Can anyone think of another way of doing this?
(any other clarification also welcome)
It is technically impossible.
As you say, the best you can do is create an smsto: link.
What you can do is create a code with the instruction
"Scan the code to receive our website by SMS"
Then, create a code with
smsto:123456:website
This will send the keyword "website" to a phone number. You'll need to set up a phone number which can auto-respond with the URL you want. There are commercial services which do this (depending on where you are in the world). Or look at a service like FrontlineSMS which can send the texts on your behalf.

How close can you identify a user using asp.net and webservices

The task is simple, and the answers might be many.
But here goes: On my website I'll make an InfoAboutYou.aspx page. So far i got the IP and the browser name and version, but ill like to expand, with just about every thing i can look up about the curret user/ip and hes Browser/OS
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The idea is to see how specific a random user can be pin pointet
Thank you
You can use various service to determine a geographic location.
One example is:-
http://www.ipgeo.com/
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