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iPhone's Google Map application not for pedestrians!
Does Map always attempts to put me in a street? I am in a large building, but the iPhone's map insists on locating me on the closest nearby street... Why is it doing this?
I’m lost in my building
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Inappropriate?Mine will show me in my building, but it is not all that accurate as to where I am exactly .. it seems to home in on you within about 10mtrs, it depends on how good your signal is sometimes it better sometimes not as good
I’m unconcerned
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Inappropriate?Are you using the new iPhone? I have one and it shows my location in my building -- and it's a small building! It's kind of amazing. Which iPhone are you using, the new one with GPS? My buddies here in the same building have the old one, and it doesn't show them in the building, but on the street, as you say.
I’m totally curious about this
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Inappropriate?I have an iPhone 3G. What probably happens is that there are a few (exactly 3) floors above me, and the GPS signal may be too low when I am in the building -hence Map showing me the latest "known" location. However, the same thing happens at home, underneath the ceiling. Despite walking to the middle of two streets, the iPhone shows me at a corner of the two nearest streets... Weird. Anyway, the annoying part is with the large buildings: I wanted to know where *inside* the building I was, which is unreliable using GPS anyway.
Thank you for your answers.
I’m mostly at peace
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This is a fundamental issue with GPS technology not necessarily the iPhone. GPS on various devices (TomTom Navman etc) also have issues in city streets with tall buildings to interfere/reflect signals.
