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   Carlos E.R. to Marian   
   Re: How to test if your access point BSS   
   10 Dec 25 00:31:35   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-08 17:04, Marian wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >> On December 6, I wrote:   
   >>> Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
      
   ...   
      
   > Notice something interesting:   
   > a. When you search using the URL, you get only six decimal places   
   > b. When you search using python, you get up to eight decimal places   
   >   
   > Here is a redacted set of images showing the decimal place issue:   
   >    
   >   
   > Maybe those last two decimal places are why Frank sees an inaccuracy in   
   > location that is absolutely absent from my results, although everyone knows   
   > I live in the boonies so even as much as 10 meters off is still exactly me.   
      
   But you said yourself you own Apple phones. Those will have reported you   
   from inside the house, so very accurate. In my case, they report the   
   location at the pavement where they see the signal, not the actual location.   
      
   >   
   > UPDATE: I just checked my actual numbers. 6 decimal places: ~11 cm   
   > resolution.   
   > 8 decimal places: ~1 mm resolution.   
   > The specific difference between them is only about 4cm.   
   >   
   > What's really different is if you live in the boonies, the BSSID is you.   
      
   No, it is still your home.   
      
   > If you're in the city, the BSSID might be you and people close to you.   
   >   
   > Note: It also matters how "close to your BSSID" the Apple devices are.   
   > In my case, they're right here, next to me, so they're close to the router.   
   >   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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