XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 03/30/2018 10:54 PM, Ragnusen Ultred wrote:   
   > Am Fri, 30 Mar 2018 23:58:55 -0400, schrieb nospam:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Despite nospam incessantly making the simplest of technical questions a   
   > childish exercise in futility, the simple technical question remains...   
   >   
   > 1. Is Google using the geolocation of the *connected* WiFi access point?   
   > 2. Or is Google using the geolocation of many *unconnected* Wi-Fi APs?   
   >   
   > NOTE: When you're on the road, you won't be connected to anything but   
   > wide-open access points, and even then, the tablet might be set to ask   
   > before connecting, so that's why the answer to the question matters.   
      
   Any access point that is broadcasting its SSID.  I believe you still   
   need a connection to allow your device to query the database on   
   someone's server. Basemaps for an area can be downloaded for local use   
   but I don't know about the SSID position information.   
      
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