XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.home.repair   
   From: rragnusen@ultred.com   
      
   Am Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:34:48 -0400, schrieb nospam:   
      
   > nope. it means an app is using location services to obtain the user's   
   > location, which can be done without a hardware gps (and even if there   
   > is a hardware gps, it's not always used)   
      
   Even though nospam always just guesses so he has a hit rate of about a 33%   
   (or an F in any classroom), he's actually right, by sheer luck, on this   
   guess of his.   
      
   The tablet /can/ route and track even without having any GPS or cellular   
   capability.   
      
   You have to turn location services on in the Google Map settings.   
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   In addition, it helps to turn notifications on for the Google Map app.   
   https://cubeupload.com/im/ndWTJU.gif   
      
   At that point, even with no GPS and no cellular capability, the tablet can   
   actually route and track and do previews, as long as you've previously   
   downloaded the offline Google Maps of the desired area.   
   https://cubeupload.com/im/Prq1BQ.gif   
      
   The only technical question here is how Google does this, where it's clear   
   that WiFi is involved.   
   https://cubeupload.com/im/S79QqL.gif   
      
   Because without WiFi, Google can't seem to figure anything out.   
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   So, even after the Apple children have buzzed the picnic like an annoying   
   set of miserable gnats, the question remains which of the two methods   
   Google Maps is using for the location services.   
      
   1. Is Google using the geolocation of the *connected* WiFi access point?   
   2. Or is Google using the geolocation of the *unconnected* Wi-Fi APs?   
      
   NOTE: When you're on the road, you won't be connected to anything but   
   wide-open access points, so that's why the answer to the question matters.   
      
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