Unnecessary use of $_SESSION

Install the Session Cache API module for exactly that purpose. After that $_SESSION won't be used.
Great to hear IPGVM is of use to you.
Rik

I don't see how installing the session_cache will help. The module is still writing session data for anonymous. And Session Cache API only choose where to save it. I would like the session to be stored in the database. Maybe not for this module but for everything else.

I really would like the ip_geoloc modulue to not load anything in hook_init. This is not needed for just showing maps in views.

@kristofferwiklund

Yes on reading @onelittleant's original post properly... I originally read between the lines that this was about being able to use IPGV&M in combination with Boost or Varnish. But it doesn't actually say that...

You are both correct.

I will investigate whether I can put in a checkbox to switch off the use of any session storage altogether, as this has turned out to be such a biggy.

Naturally those that use the checkbox will disable any functionality around visitor location, including putting the visitor on the map, showing in a table distances from the visitor to various items in the View, etc.

Rik

The latest check in of 7.x-1.x-dev now has a check box on the IPGV&M configuration page, admin/config/system/ip_geoloc, under "Data collection options".