From: winstonmvp@gmail.com   
      
   VanguardLH wrote on 1/13/2026 5:53 AM:   
   > Windows 10 has its location service, but I'm wondering why enable it.   
   > It was disabled, I tried enabling it, but it doesn't help finding my   
   > location.  As a test, and after enabling location, I went to Google Maps   
   > and entered a restaurant some 10 miles away.  When I clicked on   
   > Directions to specify start and end locations, there was a circle icon   
   > to "Use your location".  Clicked on that, and got a prompt "Google Maps   
   > wants to use your location".  In permissions, location is set to Ask.  I   
   > click "Just this time", but the starting point was way way off from   
   > where I am.   
   >   
      
   There is variation and has been for some time...even within one location   
   to another.   
   e.g.   
     Two of my devices Win11 Pro(Laptop), Win10 Pro(Surface tablet)   
      - both have Location services enabled, no GPS device, Lan, no Wifi   
   connection   
   Win11 - this device's current and exact address in MSFT Weather app,   
   exact address in MSFT Find My Device, Google Maps finds my location(but   
   its start point is two residences east)   
      
   Win10 - Weather app yields next door neighbor address(~180 ft away), Find   
   my Device(other neighbor ~400 ft away in opposite direction)   
      
      
   Win11 same laptop at relative's home(Location still enabled, their 5Ghz   
   wifi) - Weather app(relative address), Find My device(2 blocks away, and   
   less than 1/8 mile)   
      
   Note: Internet access on Lan and wifi is the same ISP at all locations)   
      
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