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re: Why is location tracking on apps routinely so far off?

Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:47 pm to
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
Savannah
Member since Sep 2012
19974 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:47 pm to
Well a coworker lost his earbud and tried to find it using there where is my phone type app and it showed it being near Ghana
Posted by Mike the Tiger 1999
Weston, Florida
Member since Jul 2009
2280 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:15 pm to
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…New Jersey, Texas, etc. I haven't been to those states in years.
subtle “I’ve been to New Jersey” brag, bro
Posted by freeagent
Member since Oct 2014
922 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:15 pm to
Same my phone always puts me in Dallas. I think I looked for a fix at one point and didn’t come up with anything. It can be annoying sometimes but most of the time I just have to rehit like “update current location” or whatever option depending on app
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
22023 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:20 pm to
Once, we set my wife's car GPS for Sam's Club in Fort Worth. It took us to a seedy residential area and announced, "You have arrived at your destination."
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
32341 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:23 pm to
This isn't very hard. It's not your phone, it's the websites. They use the IP address from you device to determine your position, not GPS. You wireless carrier's I{ address is out of those cities you name. So it defaults you there.

Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175761 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:24 pm to
IPs for cell phone network data in Baton Rouge seems to route through Dallas for whatever reason.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23338 posts
Posted on 6/6/24 at 7:57 pm to
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This isn't very hard. It's not your phone, it's the websites. They use the IP address from you device to determine your position, not GPS. You wireless carrier's I{ address is out of those cities you name. So it defaults you there.


Interesting, thank you for a reasonable explanation. So if I change my IP to a local address it likely won’t do that anymore?
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