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   nospam to Retired@home.com   
   Re: How does a Wi-Fi only tablet route o   
   30 Mar 18 23:58:55   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.home.repair   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Retired   
    wrote:   
      
   > > 4. Location was extremely accurate   
   > >    Routing appears to work just fine   
   > >    Route Preview appears to work just fine   
   > >    a. Wi-Fi = on  <=== this is the only change from above   
      
      
   > Perhaps #4 can be explained  by:   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad#Internet_connectivity   
   >   
   > "The iPad can use Wi-Fi network trilateration from Skyhook Wireless to   
   > provide location information to applications such as Google Maps."   
      
   ios devices haven't used skyhook wireless in nearly a decade and the   
   mechanism to obtain the user's location doesn't use trilateration.   
      
   apple, along with google and microsoft, now have their own databases.   
      
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