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Q: My iPad still shows my former address 1000kms away from where I now live ( in find my iPhone ). How can I rectify this?

Can anyone help me update my location on my iPad ?

iPad, iOS 7.0.6

Posted on Mar 2, 2014 11:14 AM

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Q: My iPad still shows my former address 1000kms away from where I now live ( in find my iPhone ). How can I rectify this?

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  • by JimHdk,

    JimHdk JimHdk Mar 2, 2014 12:29 PM in response to Barrywheeler49
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    Mar 2, 2014 12:29 PM in response to Barrywheeler49

    If you have the WiFi-only iPad your location is determined by the mapped location of nearby WiFi routers.

     

    The WiFi-only iPad does not have GPS. Without GPS location-finding is done by using a Apple location database which contains the MAC addresses of routers and their physical location. A MAC address is a unique number which is built-in to all network devices when manufactured. Each router has a unique MAC address.

     

    The Apple database is built and updated by Apple GPS-enabled devices (primarily iPhones) actually seeing routers and then adding/updating the router's locations into the database.

     

    Note that to be location mapped, or to be used for location determination, a WiFi router does not need to be connected to a router, it just has to see the router. More precise location determination can be done if several nearby routers can be seen.

     

    When a router is moved from one location to another erroneous old locations can sometimes be reported until the router's new location is corrected in Apple's database.