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Q: iPad maps blue blob

is there a way to get rid of the blue blob that covers the area around your current location?

iPad mini Wi-Fi, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on Jul 5, 2016 9:43 AM

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Q: iPad maps blue blob

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  • by Demo,Helpful

    Demo Demo Jul 5, 2016 10:23 AM in response to bayswater
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    Jul 5, 2016 10:23 AM in response to bayswater

    No there isn't.

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Jul 5, 2016 10:03 AM in response to bayswater
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    Jul 5, 2016 10:03 AM in response to bayswater

    That is showing that your exact location isn't known. You are within that "blue blob" as you describe it. That changes as your location is more defined. This happens in any GPS location system.

  • by bayswater,

    bayswater bayswater Jul 5, 2016 10:11 AM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    Jul 5, 2016 10:11 AM in response to ChrisJ4203

    Yes, I know why the blob is there.  I don't need to be told constantly that my exact location is unknown by the maps app. Is there a way to get rid of it?

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Jul 5, 2016 10:48 AM in response to bayswater
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    Jul 5, 2016 10:48 AM in response to bayswater

    Turn off location services. If you do not wish to be located, then turn it off.

  • by bayswater,

    bayswater bayswater Jul 5, 2016 12:03 PM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    Jul 5, 2016 12:03 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

    ??    

     

    Locations services are fine and useful. The blob is the problem.  The presence of the blob is not a necessary condition for location services to work.   While it can be useful in some circumstances it doesnt need to be there continually.  Any number of other applications using location services manage to operate without obscuring the information they present.  

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Jul 5, 2016 12:06 PM in response to bayswater
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    Jul 5, 2016 12:06 PM in response to bayswater

    It is live information on the map. It stays there to how how the map is locating you. It will continue to show that unless the device gets a better location on you. I generally only see this rarely, and if I do, it is only for a short period of time and it disappears as the location is refined. I wonder if you are having some issues with location services. You would need to be connected to wi-fi for this to be as accurate as possible. Since you post this in the iPad forum, are you using the Map when not connected to wi-fi?

  • by bayswater,

    bayswater bayswater Jul 6, 2016 4:29 AM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    Jul 6, 2016 4:29 AM in response to ChrisJ4203

    IIt's an iPad connected by wifi.  I assume location services work because it and other apps correctly identify the street address and follow reasonably accurately as I move around. 

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Jul 6, 2016 8:48 AM in response to bayswater
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    Jul 6, 2016 8:48 AM in response to bayswater

    That is correct, until you are no longer connected to wi-fi. Also, if there are not very many wi-fi networks in the area that have been identified, your accuracy will be lower, hence the "blue blob" as you refer to it will be larger. The more accurate the location identification, the smaller the circle.