twylie;524758 Wrote: 
> I think the iPod Touch may, in part rely on Skyhook data to do WiFi
> locate.  After I updated Skyhook's database with my WiFi MAC's and GPS
> coordinates, I now show up at home when using location services on my
> iPod Touch.
> 
> basic info:
> http://www.skyhookwireless.com/
> 
> add an access point:
> http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/submit_ap.php

Sorry to go O/T, but I wonder if the iPod Touch uses more than that. At
xmas I took a router to my in-law's (in a different part of the UK) to
use it as a wireless access point. For those few days the iPod had no
idea where it was located (as expected, although that router correctly
identified my house when used at home).

A month later we went back to the in-law's and I took the router with
me again. This time the iPod correctly located itself to within about
100 metres. I can't believe that Skyhook would have been driving around
cataloging wi-fi networks over xmas, particularly in rural Yorkshire. If
they did, then they're certainly dedicated to their jobs.


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