the bottom line being that it first approximates one's location with a large blue pulsing circle as it is pinpointing it with a more precise throbbing blue orb
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Is it solipsistic around here, or is it just me?
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On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:
>>> Although the iPad specs page mentions "Assisted GPS", nowhere does it explain "Assisted GPS", what it is, how it works.
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> AGPS is a combination of GPS sats and cell towers. The iPad uses the GPS sats first - but they are not HUGELY accurate (that's the light blue circle). It iPad then locks on to cell phone towers. (I do not have a 3G account and this works.) Because of the way the cellular system works, each tower has a GPS location already calculate. The iPad then triangulates a more exact location.
This explanation is more or less backwards of how it actually works, but I think I am going to give up attempting to explain this, or re-quoting the Apple site as I did earlier. I haven't the patience.
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