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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 3:50 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Bluetooth helps determine location. Fact or fiction.
Hi,
Short answer: no. Longer answer: no see
Hi, I read somewhere that having Bluetooth turned on allows the phone to
know more about where you are. Yes? No? Is this simply that GPS is perhaps
related to Bluetooth? Or, is there something else I don't know. Or, is this
fiction.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Neal
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I haven't read this. Where did you read this? Given that bluetooth only
has a 30 foot range, I wouldn't think it would help with GPS accuracy.
Wifi does help with GPS accuracy though. That's because GPS apps, in
addition to checking with GPS satellites, also check with hot spot
databases and
determine location. Fact or fiction.
Hi, I read somewhere that having Bluetooth turned on allows the phone to
know more about where you are. Yes? No? Is this simply that GPS is perhaps
related to Bluetooth? Or, is there something else I don't know. Or, is this
fiction.
Thanks for your thoughts
Hi,
Short answer: no. Longer answer: no see below for why this is the case.
The only way that this would have a chance of working is if a Blutooth
device database was created with information about devices and their
locations, in the same fassion as the WIFI hotspot database. However,
given the
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 3:50 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Bluetooth helps determine location. Fact or fiction.
Hi,
Short answer: no. Longer answer: no see below
