Location services on Ipad not working

lmack769 wrote:
I know this discussion is more than a month old, but I have a similar problem with the location services on the iPad. I purchased an iPad (32GB WiFi-only model) for my mother for Christmas, here is the odd bit she lives in Minnesota but the location services maps her location in Rhode Island...strange, yes but stranger part is I live in RI. The device was shipped to my home in RI and even though I had thought of opening it and configuring it for her before going to MN so she would be able to use the device right away I didn’t as I figured that may diminish her experience of receiving the gift. So I didn’t open the iPad and opted to assist her in setting it up in MN to benefit her for familiarity purposes. She is connected to WiFi all the time so she does have an active internet connection but the location using Rhode Island as the default is strange. Anyone here experienced anything similar?

Responding to an old thread here, but this is because of the way applications that use location services also use the data from Skyhook...

Skyhook is a service that records the MAC addresses of Cell Base stations/towers and wireless access points.

Google Maps vehicles records the wireless AP data at the same time they get street view images.

There was some controversy over this - but they effectively record the location and the MAC address of any AP they find as they drive round. This gets sent to a massive database at Skyhook and is used to either locate without GPS or enhance/aid the GPS information. It's also why the location is always the road outside!

If your location/MAC relationship has not been mapped by Skyhook, Google or others - then the good news is that you can add it - although it can take a month or two at least - to work. The reason is that it depends which database is being used by Skyhook's clients..

Add your Wireless Access Point (or Wireless Router) here: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/submit_ap.php

The main website for Skyhook is here: http://www.skyhookwireless.com

Hope that helps...!

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Could someone help me about my problem? Since I bought my iPad 4th gen I haven't used my maps more often because I'm not a fan of it. And then just lately I found out when i checked the app, it cannot determine my location even though I already turned on all necessary buttons on the privacy setting. And I just can't check in on Facebook. And I did reset my ipad already and nothing's changed, it still can't determine my location. What must I do? It really bothers me. Thanks for upcoming help.

For location the wifi only iPad uses the location nearby wifi routers that are in Apple's data base. You do not have to be connect to the router.

Thus, it appears that the router the iPod is using does not have the correct location in Apple's database. Apple continuously updates their database based on data it obtains from iPhones. No one has found a way to tell apple to correct/add a wifi router to their database

If you go to Starbucks or other public place with wifi does the iPad show its correct location?

I haven't tried yet because we have our own connection at home. But why is that my brother's iPad 3rd gen work fine on maps using the same connection? I have compared th privacy settings of our iPad and all was th same. I really don't know what's the problem.