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Precision/Margin of Error (in meters) of iPhone/iPad Locations, Precise Location Off vs. On?
I am a mobile app developer developing a pair of iOS apps that use device location for search, and I’m trying to put constraints on the dimensions necessary for a cells in a quadtree-based location ...
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Is it possible to create a Shortcut that links a foto to a marker on a map?
I'd like to create an iOS / ipadOS Shortcut that, when called, lets me take a photograph, add a caption and store the device's current position as a map marker. The idea is to mark interesting ...
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How can I make Siri's geo-fenced reminders wait until I actually arrive?
I'm walking my dog and tell Siri, "When I get home, remind me to take out the trash." It sets up a reminder keyed to my arrival at a location, my home address. So far so good, but the reminder ...
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How can I program my Mac to know when my iPhone is home?
Situation: I wrote an alarm clock app that runs on a MacMini. (No, I have never found any commercial app that works like I want it to.) But sometimes I spend the night away from home, and I don’t ...
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No location in metadata of place when in plane?
I have noticed when taking photos in airplane, the phone has no metadata. I don’t know why but is there a app which can save metadata of where the plane is passing like offline google maps for ...
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Location History & Nearby Devices (macOS & iOS)
On Thursday last week, I was sitting at home in front of my MacBook Pro at my home in Brisbane, Australia. I also had my iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPad Air 4.
I have a proximity alert, triggered on my ...
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Manage location-related notes
I have some information I'd like to keep track of, that is only relevant when I present in a particular physical location. Ideally, I'd get a notification when I am near that location, and the ...
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Unknown AirTag near me?
I recently got a message on my iPad that an unknown AirTag is moving with me. By the time I noticed the notification I was unable to play a sound or locate the current location of the AirTag. The map ...
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Is it possible to show reminders only when I'm on a certain location?
I have some reminders every work day, but it only makes sense in office. Ever since COVID, I'm having more and more time working from home, and these reminders still pop up. Do we have anyway on iOS ...
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Does iOS app location tracking require permission?
Some apps say they track location in “data linked to you” in their app privacy label.
For example, the game Roblox.
But, these apps (like Roblox) don’t always appear in the Settings -> Privacy &...
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Weather without location services, using just one fixed location
I would like to see the current temperature on the first page (under Siri app suggestion) on iPad mini 2. But I don't like location services being on.
Is it possible just to set up one fixed location ...
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iOS resetting an apps location settings to while in app after I manually set it to always
My wife's iPhone has an app installed (Home Assistant Companion app if it matters). I went into the iOS settings, and for the location permission it asks for I set it to "Always", however, ...
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Inner workings of GPS Spoofing Apps?
I'm wondering how apps like Ultfone spoof locations.
What kind of API does it use on the iOS device?
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Apple Maps using location although not opened
After a few months I noticed that my iPhone is using my location quite frequently. This has different reasons, some of them are legit, some not so much.
In the settings you can see which apps ...
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How do you enable Google Location History on an iPhone?
I would like to enable Google's Location History on my iPhone so I can see my location history at https://www.google.com/maps/timeline.
I tried enabling this functionality as follows: Open the Google ...
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Location tracked after signing into network using hotspot
I recently signed into a friends Wi-Fi network using her hotspot (∞) i.e. infinity symbol rather than Wi-Fi. Now it seems, she can always see my location-is this expected and if so, how do I stop this?...
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suggestions on easy way to add location data to jpegs that will be recognized in iPhone
I have lots of .jpegs taken either w/ iPhone (location data turned off) or DSLR w/ no location data. Id like to find an easy way to add the locations to photos so that when synced to iPhone, photos ...
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How do I stop notifications about my wife's Airpods being "detected near me"?
When Apple released the AirTag, they made a big deal about safety features to help prevent stalking. If there's an unknown AirTag or other location-enabled device traveling with you, your iPhone will ...
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Find my iPhone keeps tracking me?
I have disabled Find my iPhone (under Settings > My Account > Find My > Find my iPhone > Off):
As suggested by bmike, I've also disabled tracking for the "Find my" app:
However,...
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How accurate is the location detection on the iPhone's Find My iPhone app
How accurate is the GPS on the iPhone's Find My iPhone app?
I used Find My iPhone app to track a friend. The first 3 stops were dead on but when it refreshed it showed them to be several streets over ...
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Is there a way to set up a location reminder with an alarm sound on my iPhone?
I set up a location reminder in my iPhone which reminds me to check something when I get home, however I can't seem to figure out how to get it to sound an alarm, all that it does is flash a reminder ...
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Does the iPhone GPS work in an airplane cruising between 30000-40000 feet?
I have a very basic question: if I enable GPS in my iPhone when in an airplane cruising at an altitude between 30000-40000 feet (roughly 9-12 km), will the GPS actually give valid data?
I read a ...
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How can I show geolocation of one specific photo on a map in iOS?
Just changed from Samsung Galaxy 5 to iPhone. Galaxy's feature I liked was click on a photo, then more info, and if the photo was geotagged, it would open a map showing location.
I can only show ...
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Removing location metadata when sharing voice memo
The Apple voice memo app offers to geotag recordings.
When I want to share a recording I'm not offered any sharing options at the top of the share sheet, which I normally use to strip location data ...
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Bluetooth tracking built into iOS?
While there is a joint venture to produce an API by Google and Apple which allows truly anonymous contact tracing, is there an API for more generic device tracing, similar to how Tile and other ...
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iOS Maps, any way to manually specify a location?
My cottage is along a road that Maps is clueless about - the name is spelled wrong, it’s missing a North, it’s shows all sorts of connecting roads that don’t exist, etc.
The most annoying problem, ...
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Help with iPhone XR GPS sampling rate
I have yet to find useful information on GPS sample/output rate in iPhones. Please direct me to any useful and relevant articles I missed. Also please let me know how to make my post more clear.
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iPad - share and lock geolocation
I work for a small/medium size city and we want the garbage collectors to use an application on iPad during their collect to fill a little survey on what they collect.
Aside of this application, we ...
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Disable iPhone location prompts
For my work, I have to use an application that needs "Always On" location on my iPhone (latest iOS 13), but every day (sometimes twice a day) I have the "X is tracking your location." prompt. I answer ...
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iPhone 6 location services only update location every 20 minutes or so
I have an iPhone 6 (iOS 12.4.5) that struggles with finding its location. When it's not on WiFi, it:
Thinks I'm thousands of feet away from where I actually am
Has a giant "radius" where it thinks I ...
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Can I use Siri to remember a parking spot?
Can I use Siri to remember a particular GPS location, then later navigate back to it? It seems like it should be possible but I don't know what the voice directive would be.
I occasionally use a car-...
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Is it possible to prevent repeated location usage warning prompts in iOS 13?
I have a couple of apps which I have set to Always On location usage. I'm sure that's what I want, and it's not going to change any time soon. iOS 13 prompts me about each of them every day or two. I ...
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Date, time, and GPS metadata tagging video for iOS
On 2019/10/16 (last Wednesday), I went skydiving in Las Vegas which they recorded but the provided video was in 10 seperate clips and none had time or GPS metadata tagged. I want these as 1 video on ...
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How does google maps know that I've taken pictures?
Yesterday I've visited a restaurant. The restaurant had a beautiful garden and colorful plants. So I took several pictures there. Today, Google Maps sent me a notification and offered me to share ...
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Getting logs from Apple or iPhone when someone looks up someone's location
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Someone close to me and that I trusted logged into my iPhone and turned on Share my Location with their phone. On iMessages I see the note that says
iMessage with 3*******78
You started ...
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Why aren't Find My Friends location indicators working?
My boyfriend and I share location thru Messages and Find My Friends.
I used to be able to see either a purple or gray arrow in settings whenever my location was checked...but not anymore. I just ...
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Can I push notify based on geo-fencing without an iOS App?
I want to know, if there are any way to get notification when I entered in any marked geo area.
For instance when entering a mall, I want to push to devices a notification to download a specific app.
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Fake location find my friends
Can I fake location using two phones with find my friends by swapping sim and leaving phone in place ?
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Will the iPhone Lost Mode override disabled location tracking?
We have an iPhone that has location services disabled since we've usually been able to find the device simply with the Find My Phone "Play Sound" function.
Unfortunately, we think the device might be ...
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Send current location in Messages app running iOS 12
In older versions of iOS, the Messages app had an i character in a circle which allowed us to send our current location to the other person. The location could be one-time snapshot of location, or a ...
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Can my son block me from finding him with my find my iphone app?
Can my son block me from locating him with my find my iPhone app? Is there a way for me to know if he has turned it off at all? When I was trying to locate him, he's 15, all I was seeing was a ...
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How do I share my location on more than one iOS device?
To take advantage of Mac-continuity, Safari, Photos, Passbook, and Keychain sharing features, I have to use the same account on all my devices. But, location sharing is also enabled through iCloud and ...
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Group Significant locations by date instead of location [closed]
I find the "Signficant locations" feature in IOS very useful.
(Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System Service -> Significant Locations)
I will look through it when I do my time/billing ...
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App to track hours in each work site [closed]
I'm a contractor and I visit my customer places, I would like to install an app that does automatically detect how much time I spend for a customer at which location with an ability to mark the ...
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My iphone X with latest iOS says 'Location Shared by another device' but I have no other device
My iphone X with latest iOS says 'Location Shared by another device' when I open Find my Friends, but I have no other device.
I also have 2FA enabled so I'm not too worried about someone logging in as ...
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How do I find out which app is using my location in the background?
There is a hollow location icon present at all times in my iPhone's status bar.
How do I find out which app is causing this? There used to be a section called "Location Services" in Settings but I ...
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If I disable Location Services, will Find My iPhone continue to work?
If I disable Location Services, will Find My iPhone continue to work? I turned off Location Services, but iOS 8.3 is allowing me to leave Find My iPad turned on. The message underneath says though:
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Persistent location-based reminder
I want to set a permanent reminder in iOS that will fire every time I leave the house to remind me to check that I've locked the door. I can set a location-based reminder that triggers when I leave, ...
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iPhone shows wrong location
I recently moved and my iPhone still shows my old address for location services (e.g. in the Maps app and 3rd party applications that use Apple's location services). I assume the source of the problem ...
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Fishy moves at night
Today, due to some reasons I factory-reset my iPhone. When I’m setting up (pressing those “Get Started”), I found something fishy in the Health app.
I rarely work after 1am, and recently I did start ...
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