my i pad thinls i am not in the uk any more please help

my i pad thinls i am not in the uk any more please help

Posted on Apr 24, 2023 12:20 PM

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Apr 24, 2023 3:41 PM in response to mrtrapper

There are many potential causes for your reported location, either by Apps or your device, to be inaccurate.


Do you have a WiFi Only model of iPad, or WiFi+Cellular?


Only WiFi+Cellular models of iPad have GNSS/GPS positioning - this being a function of the iPad Cellular chipset. WiFi Only models of iPad have no GNSS/GPS capabilities with which iPad Location Services can derive location. This fundamental difference may significantly impact your indicated location and ability to use mapping Apps - in particular if real-time positioning (e.g., a moving map) is required.


WiFi Only models can only “infer” their location from a database lookup of neighbouring WiFi networks for which the geographic location is known, or the geographic location of your public IP address. For static applications in urban locations, where the location of IP public IP addresses and WiFi networks are known, an “inferred” location can be relatively accurate. However, in rural locations, or when using a Cellular/Satellite/VPN connection, location accuracy of an inferred location [if it works at all] may be wildly inaccurate - or even in a different country.


If you have a WiFi+Cellular model, your iPad can derive its location independently of its network and/or WiFi derived location - location accuracy being principally determined by the number and geometry of “visible” GNSS/GPS satellites.

my i pad thinls i am not in the uk any more please help

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