| can google maps put you at a place you havent been? | blupitt | 7/5/12 8:38 AM | I go to latatude on my android and it shows my wife in a place she says she has never been, like 3 miles away from her work in a neighborhood? Her maps some times puts 3 and 4 avatars for people at the same time when she uses it?Ill log on and it wil |
| Re: can google maps put you at a place you havent been? | barryhunter | 7/5/12 10:45 AM | This sounds like a case of a bad location fix. If the device cant get GPS signal (indoors is very likly!) then the device might fall back on using cell-tower positioning. So its possible the 3 mile away location was the location of the cell-tower he |
| Re: can google maps put you at a place you havent been? | treebles | 7/5/12 10:48 AM | Yes, if you are using Google Latitude. Google Latitude has been having serious problems for several months that Google does not seem able to fix. People are shown even to be in different continents. I would not trust Google Latitude for anything at t |
| Re: can google maps put you at a place you havent been? | fredsie | 7/8/12 3:24 PM | The location is approximate if GPS is not on on her phone. 3 miles is a minor error in a rural area. Sometimes it's totally wrong - I live in Europe but once noticed I was in China according to Latitude. |
| Re: can google maps put you at a place you havent been? | zarazek | 7/11/12 11:58 AM | My friend and I have also been shown to be in China even though we live in Europe. |