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** Note: you may want to turn cell data off; if it gets the ip from cell data then it might put you in a weird location (ip location of the cell tower)
** Note: you may want to turn cell data off; if it gets the ip from cell data then it might put you in a weird location (ip location of the cell tower)
* MLS; if GPS/AGPS isn't active we should be using MLS
* MLS; if GPS/AGPS isn't active we should be using MLS
* uses wifi/cell tower locations
* MLS uses wifi/cell tower locations
** wifi accuracy:
** wifi accuracy:
*** 30 to 200 meters accuracy : on some map apps, you can see a blue halo around the point
*** 30 to 200 meters accuracy : on some map apps, you can see a blue halo around the point
** cell tower accuracy:
*** 1 to 10 km accuracy ( in the cities at farthest it would be 5 km, in rural 20 km)
* If we don't have MLS data point we use GeoIP
* If we don't have MLS data point we use GeoIP


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