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   Marian to Alan Browne   
   Re: GPS coordinates   
   18 Dec 25 14:31:27   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Alan Browne wrote:   
   > Where a GPS position in Lat/Long (base 10 real*) is concerned, anything   
   > beyond the 5th dp is noise in almost all cases including SBAS aided.**   
      
   What we have to ask ourselves then is why Apple stores them this way?   
      
      BSSID: 8c:85:80:d1:be:37   
      Latitude: 32.45985031   
      Longitude: -93.81759643000001   
      
      BSSID: 8e:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
      Latitude: 32.4594841   
      Longitude: -93.8175888   
      
      BSSID: 92:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
      Latitude: 32.4594841   
      Longitude: -93.81756591   
      
      BSSID: 92:95:51:b5:b6:ae   
      Latitude: 32.45910644   
      Longitude: -93.81759643000001   
      
   Does anyone have any idea why the highly insecure Apple WPS database   
   contains GPS entries to this illogically numerous set of decimal places?   
      
    BSSID: 8c:85:80:d1:be:37   
       
      
    BSSID: 8e:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
       
      
    BSSID: 92:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
       
      
    BSSID: 92:95:51:b5:b6:ae   
       
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