Thread: Network Positioning & T-Mobile
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2009-12-16 , 21:46
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#22
Originally Posted by Randy_Reid View Post
changed to supl.google.com it gave me a lock for the first time ever! but its showing my position 4 miles from where i am. any ideas?
It could be the location of the tower you are connected to.

Network positioning helps in 2 ways - one to provide almanac data to assist in GPS acquisition, and second, to allow coarse-grain location fix (i.e. based on the cell tower location).

When I set my system to Network-positioning only (disable GPS), I am connected to a tower which is about a mile away on top of a bridge.
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