All maps show my location wrong (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Brkdncr@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For some reason, my home shows up as incorrect on apple maps and google maps from any device in my home that doesn't have it's own GPS. I tested different devices, different browsers, and tested with a temporary user account to make sure it wasn't something to do with the user profile.

I've toggled location services off/on, restarted the geolocation service, and restarted.

On my phone the location shows up correctly. I created a hotspot from my phone and connected devices to it and it still shows the wrong location. This isn't a geo-IP issue. I've also confirmed that my geo IP shows up relatively correct.

I ran a command to show all of the BSSIDs where i'm at, and then found a BSSID map service. I only found 3 BSSIDs with a listed location, and they were all correct.

I tried using a linux device but map services simply show that the precise location can't be determined.

I feel like this has something to do with Windows location services, but for it to be wrong on both devices makes me think it's not an issue with my devices, but something wrong with the location services hosted by Microsoft in general.

Any other ideas?

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[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Do you mean typing in an address shows wrong, or when you do a " use my location " option your devices show inccorect info. If it is the later its because your IP address of your router is not always exactly mapped to a single address, it is sometimes mapped to a postal code location, or the location your ISP has on file for their address range of IPs which might be their office location.

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Use my location is wrong. Same problem when at my home when using my phone's hotspot, so it's not a GeoIP location problem. I believe it's a BSSID database issue. My ISP is starlink and they publish a .csv with the location information for my IP address. If my location were based off of my IP it would show a different address then what is being located.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Maybe check this to see if any BSSID info matches the location its is showing. https://wigle.net/

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks I did that and they all seemed correct for the ones that were listed. I suspect MS has their own database.

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