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There doesn't appear to be any GPS hardware/receiver in the wifi version of the iPad pro 3 Then how does the "find my iPad" locator track down the location of that iPad.
I am trying to use a marine navigation app with the iPad pro and it indicates that the GPS receiver hardware is missing. If so then how does the find my iPad track down the device??
iPad Pro, iPadOS 15
Unlike your iPhone and WiFi & Cellular models of iPad, WiFi Only iPads do not have any GPS location capability with which to directly determine their location - and as such are completely reliant upon their network connection to infer an approximate location.
Without benefit of GPS, your approximate geographic location is inferred from a “database lookup” of (a) your WiFi Network Name (SSID) or detected neighbouring WiFi networks - and (b) the “public” IP Address provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
If the mapped WiFi network name or IP Address are not available within the applicable databases, or if this information substantially differs between sources, then your approximate location may not be computed - or may wildly inaccurate. This situation often occurs if you are in a remote/rural location where neighbouring WiFi networks are scarce - or if connecting over satellite or VPN connections.
Network IP Addresses and WiFi networks are frequently mapped in urban and cosmopolitan areas (including “crowd source” techniques) and as such approximation of your location from lookup against these databases can be provide relatively high accuracy. As population and network density diminishes, this mechanism becomes progressively less reliable.
If you need GPS - and are unwilling to swap your WiFi Only iPad for WiFi+Cellular model - you can add an external GPS receiver to your WiFi Only iPad. These are often used in marine, aviation and vehicular applications - and can be either directly connected via Lightning or via Bluetooth. Their are various third-party manufacturers, of which one is BadElf.
No, there is no GPS receiver in an iPad with WiFi only.
Find My.... on those devices works by using the locations of WiFi networks.
Is their any GPS receiver Hardware in Ipad pro 3, wifi version 3
