Questions tagged [gps]
Devices for navigation and location that make use of the data transmitted by the Global Positioning System, the network of satellite transmitters in orbit about the Earth
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iPhone location shows old house location address after a whole month
A month ago I moved to a new house which sits roughly one mile away from my old house. Unfortunately, my iPhone location still shows my old home address which affects every single app that requires ...
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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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How can I copy GPS information from one iPhone photo to another?
I have a large number of photos on my iPhone that were taken at an event, but only some of them have GPS information. The ones missing the information were airdropped to me by other attendees without ...
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GPS not working (GPS antenna already replaced)
I have an iPhone 7. My GPS shows the correct position when I'm not moving. If I use it while driving in my car, it stays at the last determined position or shows me a position inaccurate by some ...
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How to share iPhone location with iPad?
Now what I don't mean is sending a location manually to the iPad. Consider this scenario: I'm on the road and want to use my iPad for navigation. I prefer it to the iPhone due to the larger display. ...
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Date/Time on iPad photos
I took a photo in Fayetteville Arkansas. The EXIF info includes the following:
Date/Time Original: 2017:01:06 06:11:41
Lens Model: iPad Air 2 back camera 3.3mm f/2.4
GPS Time Stamp: 12:11:...
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What app is using GPS?
I noticed the blue title bar today in my iPhone SE 2020.
But when I look into the task list (doubleclick the home button), there is no navigation app running. I swiped up ever running app and the blue ...
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iOS 14.5.1 iPhone 12 Pro GPS loses current location while driving
My iPhone 12 Pro Max (running iOS 14.5.1), and also my partners 12 Pro (running 14.4.2) have both always had the GPS apps working without issues (Maps, Google Maps, Waze, etc). Now out of nowhere here ...
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iPhone Shortcut to change app location services preferences
My motorcycle GPS is connected to an App that must allow location services to “Always” to work correctly (“While using the app” does not work).
As I’d like to turn the location services off when I’m ...
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Is it possible to connect two iPhones to the same external GPS device?
I can connect an iPhone to an external GPS device, but when I use another iPhone to also try to connect to it, it won't connect.
But there are posts that stated we can connect two iPhones to a single ...
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Force Photos.app to accept GPS coordinates & not "correct" them
I often need to tweak the GPS coordinates of images I take with my iPhone. Since I work on a MBP laptop, I do it there. A workflow: use a map app to find the precise location of the photo. Enter those ...
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How does external GPS device work with iPhone and iPad?
It seems iPhone (and iPad) actually has a standard feature that is called external GPS device?
I hope to find out more about it:
First of all, why would we use an external GPS device? I can ...
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Location Services not working on Mac Book
I am using a Mac Book Pro 13" 2020 Model with Mac OS Big Sur 11.1 Running. Recently i have noticed that no any location services based apps such as Find My, Siri, Maps can not be able to locate ...
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The Places map in my macOS Photos.app library is empty
What I did:
Created a custom non-iCloud, non-system photo library and imported my photos from an external camera.
All photos are referenced from external files, i.e. not embedded into the library ...
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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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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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How does Watch determine distance walked if Location Services are off?
Apple Watch 3 (newly purchased) and iPhone XR
I rarely enable Location Services on my phone. When I go for an ‘Outdoor Walk’ the ‘Activity’ app tells me my step count and the distance covered. If ...
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Identifying iPhone GPS issues
I own an iPhone X, purchased a few months after its release (November 2017). I'm getting close to the end of my AppleCare+ window, and as such have some urgency to identifying whether the following ...
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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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Is there a separate GPS chip in the iPhone 6?
My mapping apps in my iPhone 6 have become almost completely useless. Both Google Maps and Apple Maps are unable to track my location with any kind of accuracy, often placing me on side streets or ...
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Adding GPS support to a Wi-Fi only iPad
I have been reading on this, and so far the option I found is:
Garmin/XGPS external Bluetooth GPS receiver
And that is it. Are there any other alternatives?
I’m curious if an Android or iPhone ...
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No GPS Exif data on iPhone XS
In the past, with my iPhone 6s I was able to take a picture and then, on Windows, view the gps data. Now with my new iPhone XS, the GPS information is no longer there as well as a lot of other data is ...
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App like Lightroom and Photos to display geotagged images in a map
I am looking for a Mac app to display locations of the geotagged photos in a folder using google maps.
I don't want to import them from Photos because:
a) It is not practical to import several ...
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iPhone compass woefully inaccurate
Not sure when this started, but heading/compass on 2 iPhones (6 and X) is way off for some reason. Magnetic north is off by 10-40°, depending on how much moving around I do. True north mostly works, ...
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How does iPhone know I'm travelling with location services switched off
Recently acquired an iPhone SE (after a factory refresh), and I have location services turned off.
Twice recently I've taken a train, and had the pop-up/splash screen offering to turn on do no ...
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Automatically tag photo locations
Quite often I have a situation when photos are taken both from iPhone (which would record GPS coordinates) and at the same place/time with DSLR which will not add any location information.
Is there ...
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How accurate is the iPhone X location data?
First of all, I understand there are similar posts, however, they are to do with previous generation iPhones. This is specifically about the iPhone X.
How accurate is the GPS information that ...
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Improve GPS accuracy by disabling cellular data
I need my iPhone 7 Plus GPS accuracy to be very precise (without continously changing the blue dot position). My cellular data connection is often sloppy. Does disabling cellular data improve GPS ...
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maps.app on iOS "follow me" mode without a destination set
In stand-alone automotive GPS systems if you just have it on but have not programmed in a specific destination it will show your moving on an active scrolling street map of the road you are on and any ...
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GPS Exif from iPhone photo upload in Safari?
Safari strips the GPS metadata from uploaded photos. Is there any way to stop this?
Visitors to my photo sharing website use a simple HTML form to select a photo from their phone:
<input accept="...
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Why don't GPS coordinates change?
I have an iPhone 7. Using the compass app, no matter where I walk on my property, the N and W coordinates are always the same. Shouldn't these change as I move from one side of the property to the ...
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iPhone 6 GPS problem on Pokemon Go
Recently when I'm playing Pokemon Go I get a message saying I don't have a GPS signal. Some people told me it could happen because the battery is pushing on the GPS component in the iPhone 6 model.
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EXIF-Metadata not managed correctly in iCloud Photos => Wrong Date & GPS Groupings
I have uploaded ca. 2500 pictures from my PC to the iCloud using icloud.com interface.
However, iCloud doesn't seem to be using the EXIF-Metadata in the picture files.
I have confirmed the EXIF-...
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Why does iPhone "Time & Location" consume some much data?
I've noticed an iPhone 5S consuming quite a lot of data (30-50Mb per day) - it's mostly listed under "Time & Location". I have apps running that use the location a lot (e.g. Strava, location ...
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How to record Audio & GPS on an iPhone
How do I record a GPS track (including height) and audio simultaneously on an iPhone (iPhone 8 / iOS 11) in a way that I can later see which time of the audio relates to which GPS position?
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iOS 11 and GPS accuracy on iPhone (6+)
GPS on my iPhone 6+ has always been accurate. Amazingly accurate. Most of the time, it took only a few seconds to pinpoint my location on any app using GPS, Apple Maps, Google Maps... This has been ...
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Apple Watch app for hiking
What's your favorite Apple Watch app for Hiking.
I'm looking for something that provide this features:
Integration with Health and Activities (i.e. calories, heartbeat, distance, GPS map, workout etc)...
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Can my iPhone tell me where I have recently been walking?
I sometimes get very fuzzy short-term memory after a neurological event. When it happens, I'm told I often leave and take a walk. I want to use my iPhone to figure-out where I end-up walking when this ...
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AppleScript: Get Image Location Data
I am trying to write an Automator Script which involves, among other things, getting the GPS location data from an image. This will be a Finder Service.
From what I have been able to discover so far, ...
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GPS on iPhone 6 is not accurate or working at all
1 week ago my GPS worked very accurately on Google Maps. But now it's very inaccurate, seems like it works using 3g connection.
What steps i did:
Restarted phone;
Reset network/location privacy ...
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Forcefully disconnect GPS unit from kernel
Google chrome keeps giving out my location to websites. Disabling Location Services does not help. I may have to physically disconnect the GPS unit, but before I void AppleCare I would like to attempt ...
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Get the GPS coordinates of a photo in Mac Photos.app
In Mac's Photos.app, how do I get the GPS coordinates of a photo? If I go to a photo and click on the "Get Info" button, then I can see a map with a pin indicating where the photo was taken, but I can'...
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How to reset my step length?
I have had a new iPhone SE for a few weeks. It works fine, but in the "Health" app, my step length is approximately 0.6 m (1000 steps give a distance of 600 meters), which seems wrong (I used to have ...
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Battery efficient GPS/Sat Nav app
I'm looking for a battery efficient satellite navigation app for use on my bike. The problem is that GPS apps are a huge drain on the battery. My iPhone 6S lasts just under 3 hours when running Google ...
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Is iPad Pro's GPS supposed to be not as accurate as iPhone's GPS?
I have an iPad Pro, and noticed that its GPS will tell the location off by about 100 feet to 150 feet. Sometimes it says it cannot find any GPS signal, when the iPhone 6 has no issue at all.
The spec ...
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Why do Downloaded Google Maps expire after 29 days? [closed]
I am assuming when the map expires, that I am SOL if I try to use it.
Within the Google Maps app, one can download maps for offline use: great when traveling abroad, especially when there is no ...
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Anyone else have problems with "share my location" accuracy
My iphone 5c (IOS 9.3) sent my location incorrectly. I "share my location" with my husband and on this particular day he checked my location and it showed I was about 1 to 1 1/2 miles away at a park (...
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"Offline mode" in iOS disabling radios
I want to put my iPhone on offline mode completely. That way no-one can find me using Cell Towers or GPS. I want to keep my phone on.
What is the best way for doing that?
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iPhone cannot update nor activate—method to reset?
Sorry if the question field is too terse. Situation: I arrived where I am living now with an GSM iPhone 5 or 5s. The GPS was working (recording my route to here) and the cell access was working as ...
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Can I use GPS and GLONASS on an iPhone 6S without a wireless network?
I have a hiking trip coming up and I was wondering whether the iPhone 6S can be used for GPS tracking if there are no cellular networks available? Or does the phone not have the same GPS/GLONASS ...
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