Help gps shows totally dofferent location

[jaliy]

I'm downstairs on a basement with wifi on i open maps app and it points me to a wrong location. However if i go oitside then it shows the right location. Is this jist a matter of gps not working well in basement?

 

[greggebhardt]

I'm downstairs on a basement with wifi on i open maps app and it points me to a wrong location. However if i go oitside then it shows the right location. Is this jist a matter of gps not working well in basement?

Well yes! GPS needs open view to the sky. When you are in your basement, you device might be trying to finds your location using carrier towers and WiFi locations and will not be very accurate.

 

[jaliy]

So if weak connection it just picks a random location?

 

[amg_1969]

So if weak connection it just picks a random location?

If I use mobile phone data to locate me, i.e have the GPS turned off it puts me between 1500-2000 meters away from my house, as its triangulating your position using mobile phone signals, if I stand by the window and turn on GPS it is spot on to the meter

Andrew

 

[jaliy]

If I use mobile phone data to locate me, i.e have the GPS turned off it puts me between 1500-2000 meters away from my house, as its triangulating your position using mobile phone signals, if I stand by the window and turn on GPS it is spot on to the meter

Andrew

i thought u have to have gps on in order to locate ur spot?

 

[ironass]

i thought u have to have gps on in order to locate ur spot?

You can get an approximate location using WiFi and mobile network triangulation.

However, it is with the Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) in space that the greatest degree of accuracy is acheived.

See here for more details:-

HowStuffWorks "How GPS Phones Work"

Hope this helps.