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How Accurate is iCloud tracking

my macbook pro was stolen last weekend Novemeber 18th 2011. saturday morning. I have icloud installed on it and i was curious how accurate the tracking is because i got the singal of my tracked laptop, and its in a parking lot. now i have also tried to track my iPod touch that i have with me. and it also shows the GPS tracking is a little off. i was wondernig if there is a system of coordinations that shows how off the tracking is? I have informed the police and they will only search one location, so i have to make a choice of where they should look. I told them too look at the appartment compelx where it was stolen, as that is the only Wi-fi that i linked up too.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Nov 24, 2011 4:15 PM

17 replies

Sep 15, 2013 11:41 PM in response to Jaypy2009

I doubt there was much of a wind factor in the cupboard!

No, the fact that it was inside a building, inside a cupboard was at play here. GPS system either don't work at all indoors, or work poorly. GPS systems work best when they have direct line of sight with the satellites, which obviously isn't possible in a building. You're lucky you got any position at all.

This is nothing to do with "iCloud tracking" per se - this is due to the physical ability and technical limits of GPS devices to receive signals from the satellites that circle the globe.

Csound1

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Sep 16, 2013 7:31 AM in response to Jaypy2009

Jaypy2009 wrote:

I have realised that the iCloud tracking is not very accurate the hard way. Better half's iPhone 4 was misplaced and the secretary put it away in a cupboard safely. \

GPS requires line of sight to the satellite, tricky to get that in a cupboard.

How Accurate is iCloud tracking