Inaccurate Compass App or Hackers?

How accurate is your Apple compass App?

My App determined my location to be 169° South 21°32'36" N 158°14'27" W Waialua, HI 30 ft Elevation IMG_2234 Thursday 1/26/2023 1:20:27 AM.

When I entered that into GPS-coordinates.net IMG_0045 Latitude 21.543333 Longitude-158.240833 shows that location to be in the ocean. Which is wrong because I was in my truck on the side of the road.


iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Mar 17, 2023 4:25 PM

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Mar 17, 2023 4:50 PM in response to Chattanoogan

I was in Waianae on land but the Apple Compass App somehow guessed that I was in the Ocean. This is the first time this happened. At 1:23:49 AM IMG_2254 the Apple Compass App determined my location to be 21°32'14" N 158°13'52" W Waialua, HI -20 ft Elevation below sea level. 

At 1:28:25 AM IMG_2257 the Apple Compass App determined my location to be 21°29'51" N 158°13'44" W HI -60 ft Elevation below sea level. 

On Thursday 2/2/2023 6:52 PM IMG_0059 the Apple Compass App determined my location to be 30°NE 21°24’19” N 158°10’37” Ma’ili, HI -140 ft Elevation. 


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