How do I change ipad default location??

If you have a WiFi only iPad, it gets its location from your WiFi router. Until your router makes its way into the database, there's not much you can do. I've heard that if an iPhone accesses the internet through the router, it will speed up the process.

Jennings Heilig wrote:

Uh, okay, so my Airport Xtreme is living in the same house as the iPad. The ISP it's connected to is different, so why does it still think it's 75 miles away??

Because the location of the router is not in Apple's location database. The fact that it's in the same place as your iPad is irrelevant as you have an iPad with no location capabilities of its own.

To clarify my original answer, there isn't anything you can do. Sorry.

Me thinks meg st.clair is apple employee covering for them. I have not moved, changed isp nor changed router. However last month my ipad moved 80miles without me. It had correct location for 12months then decided to move. No help from anywhere, frustrating too as maps weather and search bar in internet always give false location

Macca10000uk wrote:

Me thinks meg st.clair is apple employee covering for them.

You can think whatever you like. That doesn't make it correct. I do not now nor have I ever worked for Apple. No one here does except for the Hosts who have a purple apple avatar.

Remember the big scandal about iPhones, iPads, etc. reporting router and cell tower locations? And people wigged out and thought Apple was spying on them? This is part of that issue.

If you have turned off location reporting on your iPad or your Airport Extreme then the WiFi database cannot be updated. If you left the settings alone eventually the new location of your router will be reported and added to the database.

There is no "default" location of the iPad. Drive to a place with a free hotspot and sign on to it and it will report the correct location.

If you have a WiFi+3G/4G iPad it will use the GPS chip and not have this problem.

Try this:

1. Go to Home Screen
2. Go to Settings
3. Tap on “General”
4. Tap on “Restrictions”
5. Tap on “Allow Changes”
6. Tap on “Location” in visible mode
7. Select “ON”
8. You have successfully changed the location

 Cheers, Tom 😉

Thanks Tom. Even though your description on the fix was for a previous IOS, this got me where I needed to go to make my changes in IOS 8.4.

Cheers