the gps system is not 100% accurate. when the first mobile 9-1-1 systems were coming on line the FCC mandated an accuracy of between 30 and 300-meters depending on what type of location system was in place (30-meters for GPS and 300-meters for triangulation). GPS technology (the chipset) has vastly improved since then but there is still a small error. I may be wrong but I think the military specs call for a 1-meter accuracy. I know the civilian specs are more than that.
'73,
rich, n9dko
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How does current location determine the location? It finds my home location one address to high, no big deal considering it can also figure out where I am when I'm 'out and about'. [You can see that I have finally become a Wisconsinite after thirty plus years living here. :-) ]
That it finds my location makes me wonder HOW!
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