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What causes the find my iphone dot to change from a small dot to a large circle?

When I am at home or traveling the green dot is small and very accurate. When I am at work the dot gets really big and not accurate at all. Why does this happen?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jul 2, 2013 8:24 PM

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Posted on Jul 2, 2013 8:49 PM

It uses a combination of GPS, wifi hotspots and cellular towers to determine your location (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4995). If you're in an area with few known wifi hotspots or few cellular towers the accuracy of your location degrades.

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What causes the find my iphone dot to change from a small dot to a large circle?

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