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Hi everyone,
I'm a bit frustrated by a Google Maps issue that's plaguing me. When I'm on mobile data (3G/2G), the current location function of Google Maps works quite accurately. But when I'm on the WiFi network of my home, it goes haywire and says that I'm a few kilometers away from my home Does anyone have the same problem? Is there a way to solve this? Thanks.
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Tin
Is this constant or a one off problem? Ive had similar situation happen once in a blue moon ever since ive had phones with gps. If its just a freak occurrence i wouldnt sweat it.
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It happens whenever I'm on my home WiFi network. I haven't tried it out on other WiFi networks though. But then, since Google Maps can quite accurately determine my location when on mobile data, I'm thinking it's something to do with my WiFi network.
Did you recently move? Perhaps they mapped your wifi at one location and then you physically moved the router several kilometers away.
Umm, no, I haven't moved.
from reading this:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2122170
it looks like google and various other companies have driven round and mapped wifi networks in to their database. If you haven't moved it maybe they are just using your IP address and your exchange is that distance from you.
Maybe?
tinmeigut said:
Umm, no, I haven't moved.
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jamesmcuk said:
it looks like google and various other companies have driven round and mapped wifi networks in to their database. If you haven't moved it maybe they are just using your IP address and your exchange is that distance from you.
Maybe?
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Then perhaps one of your neighbours moved. If your ssid was hidden when google did their mapping then google may be relying on another ssid to locate you. So someone who lived a few km away moves next door to you, they turn on their router, you pick the signal, and now google thinks you are at their old address.
This happens to me when I visit my parents. I set them up with my old router. Now when I visit them Google tells me I'm in my apartment rather than in my parents house.
Maybe.
As for a resolution, you could try turning off 'Googles location service' under location services in settings.
virtualcertainty said:
As for a resolution, you could try turning off 'Googles location service' under location services in settings.
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Oh my god, that worked for me, THANKYOU!
virtualcertainty said:
As for a resolution, you could try turning off 'Googles location service' under location services in settings.
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this didn't work for me and I'm also experiencing this problem on wifi.
All this did is turn off the ability of location to use wifi to determine location, which means unless you have satellite reception, your not going to get location reporting at all
I think it is possible to report this to google so they remove the wrong ssid location from their location service.
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Herman76 said:
I think it is possible to report this to google so they remove the wrong ssid location from their location service.
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How do you report it? I have the same issue - GMaps are placing me in Lynwood, USA when I'm in Bulgaria...
Does anyone knows how to set the locations for this? Does it automatically "learn" them or do I manually enter them using maps data?
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Go to Google Maps desktop site and set them under My Places.
you can also set them from the maps app on your phone
I see it now. Kinda weird that I can't do it in app but the features are so awesome I won't complain too much. Thanks for the help!
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harveydent said:
you can also set them from the maps app on your phone
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Where are the options to set them on your phone? I don't see any?
To set Home/Work on Android (It's kind of hidden):
Start Maps
Tap on your icon (The blue dot on the map, this should have your contact photo on it not just the blue arrow. You can pull it up by turning on the Latitude option.)
Tap on your name that appears above it
Tap location History
Tap the menu dots down the bottom right
The you get the Change home/work location options
There are also some graphs of how long you spend where.
Thanks!
ON a side note.. anyone get the traffic thing for appointments and meetings?
What about someone like me who actually works from home?
Google set my Home and Work addresses to the same thing. So, now when I'm out with friend it sometimes tells me how long it takes to get back to work haha.
Does anyone else work from home and have this issue?
It actually does learn it automatically based on you traffic patterns. It took about 5 days for mine to pick up then it just started showing up. It did ask me to confirm that home and work listings were correct though.
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t3rabyte said:
What about someone like me who actually works from home?
Google set my Home and Work addresses to the same thing. So, now when I'm out with friend it sometimes tells me how long it takes to get back to work haha.
Does anyone else work from home and have this issue?
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Well, you can always turn it off. Also, I just noticed that you can press the 3 dots on the Traffic card in Google Now and select Edit to change the destination its showing Traffic time for.
Do you have to have Latitude enabled for this to work?
Quite like the idea, but don't really want Latitude on!
I think that its eventually just supposed to learn about where you are based on your location, and then it will guess your home. If it guesses wrong, from there, you can change it to make sure its the right address
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trickshot1126 said:
It actually does learn it automatically based on you traffic patterns. It took about 5 days for mine to pick up then it just started showing up. It did ask me to confirm that home and work listings were correct though.
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It learned my home and work locations after a few days as well indeed.
I moved from Canada to USA and its been 2 weeks. It still thinks I'm traveling. Shows me currency exchange and what not..donno how to fix this..
Anyone know how to add more than one work place to Google Maps? So than in Google Now it would say "Distance to Work 1" sort of thing?
Now, I think you can set your home and work address from within Google Now. It's under Google Now, traffic.
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To set Home/Work on Android (It's kind of hidden):
Start Maps
Tap on your icon (The blue dot on the map, this should have your contact photo on it not just the blue arrow. You can pull it up by turning on the Latitude option.)
Tap on your name that appears above it
Tap location History
Tap the menu dots down the bottom right
The you get the Change home/work location options
There are also some graphs of how long you spend where.
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Doesn't work for me. When I tap on the menu button all I get is select date. (Android 4.2.1). Wish they wouldn't always keep moving things around!
Retechy said:
Now, I think you can set your home and work address from within Google Now. It's under Google Now, traffic.
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This.
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defaria said:
Doesn't work for me. When I tap on the menu button all I get is select date. (Android 4.2.1). Wish they wouldn't always keep moving things around!
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Actually I just deleted Work from my desktop.
For the life of me I cannot get this card to work. I have location history enabled in Google Maps and have entered my home and work adresses under location history's settings - traveled to and from work a few days, and nothing. Is there some other step I'm missing or is the traffic card glitched or something?
Thanks for the help.
You may go into the setting for that card and change the priority. Make it "none" and save. Then go back in and give it priority. Mine worked out of the box so I'm afraid I can't be much more help than that.
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this may sound like a stupid suggestion but, is your GPS enabled?
infrared90 said:
this may sound like a stupid suggestion but, is your GPS enabled?
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Yes it is, along with WiFi.
well I'm useless here. My device started showing me the travel card by itself. I didn't enter any address information however. It guessed my work and home address of its own accord. I'd try wiping the history and setting the priority to high for the card.
I am only curious how it guessed which place is my home...and it guessed correctly...for the work address it asked me to confirm its guess, but for home address no questioning...awesome...
Listen to me, you don't want this card enabled if you're anywhere but at home with your boring life. I've been travelling, and the traffic/directions card comes up all the time for places I haven't cared about but once a few days ago.
Well.. it's not officially a released feature. I can't complain too much, considering... well I've looked at all sorts of settings which would seem logical, but I keep getting directions to Walmart or the random bakery I went to the other day.
Google Now is really smart.. but it really tries too hard when you're not home.
infrared90 said:
well I'm useless here. My device started showing me the travel card by itself. I didn't enter any address information however. It guessed my work and home address of its own accord. I'd try wiping the history and setting the priority to high for the card.
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Tried that too, so far still nothing. It showed up briefly due to a doctors appointment I had scheduled and it showed me the travel time, but then I refreshed Google Now and it disappeared once again.
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Have you tried getting traffic info in Google maps?
My traffic also doesn't work but for me its because my location does not support it yet (Uganda)
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Make sure you're signed in to latitude also.
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foxehkins said:
Make sure you're signed in to latitude also.
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I am. Still no dice.
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FWIW it still works for me without being signed into Latitude.
Have you tried disabling Google Now and then re-enabling it? Always fixes any issue I have.
moe6 said:
FWIW it still works for me without being signed into Latitude.
Have you tried disabling Google Now and then re-enabling it? Always fixes any issue I have.
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Yep, still nothing, I've just accepted that it doesn't work.
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Don't need to be signed into latitude as long as you have the addresses set. I have zero issues.
I looked under my location history information and settings which I entered about four days ago now...it says I've only been home for 4 hours and at work 0 hours which those two numbers are completely inaccurate.
Took me a day or two for it to learn my places.
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Took me a day or two for it to learn my places.
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Yeah its been about four days now and still nothing
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I was having this issue myself, I got no traffic card even though I knew everything was set up. It was my favourite feature of Google now (especially for appointment reminders) and I was so disappointed! It seems in my googling plenty of people were having the issue and no answers anywhere.
I managed to get mine working, so I'm posting my solution in case someone else has the same problem and does the same googling. My problem was that somehow Google now was set to use public transport by default, however, there is no public transport info in my city. So no card at all. Unfortunately, Google now wouldn't let me change my settings as the traffic card has to be popped up in order to change the preferred transport method.
So I just uninstalled updates, then started Google now, went to settings, traffic, and switched my preferred transport method to driving. Traffic card appeared! I could then update back to the latest Google now and had my traffic cards back.
Good luck!
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Any one know how Google now determines location when GPS is off? Every other app is getting my location correct till I open up Google now and then Google maps locates me in a different state.
This seems to only happen also when I'm attached to the airave.
Really like Google now but the travel cards are useless when it thinks I'm 100 miles from where I an...
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I had an issue like this with verizons boosters as well. Turn your GPS on before getting in range of the booster, keep gps/maps open for a while. eventually google will 'learn' the boosters new location, but it might take a couple weeks.
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I had an issue like this with verizons boosters as well. Turn your GPS on before getting in range of the booster, keep gps/maps open for a while. eventually google will 'learn' the boosters new location, but it might take a couple weeks.
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I'll give it a try
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xtrezpasor said:
Any one know how Google now determines location when GPS is off? Every other app is getting my location correct till I open up Google now and then Google maps locates me in a different state.
This seems to only happen also when I'm attached to the airave.
Really like Google now but the travel cards are useless when it thinks I'm 100 miles from where I an...
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Someone on another thread here on XDA mentioned that this is a known issue with location fixing when using the Airrave... a new updated firmware is in the works... nothing you can do from what I understand
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Someone on another thread here on XDA mentioned that this is a known issue with location fixing when using the Airrave... a new updated firmware is in the works... nothing you can do from what I understand
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That firmware "update" has been in the works for almost a year... yet another non acceptance thing by Sprint... Lol makes me wonder why I stay
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Rumored to be an update for GN coming
I got my new Nexus on Sunday (luv the Staples coupon / thx) and location is insisting I am in a town around 50 miles from where I live; two apps - weatherbug and google now. Anyone know how to fix??
Same problem...
AMEHAC said:
I got my new Nexus on Sunday (luv the Staples coupon / thx) and location is insisting I am in a town around 50 miles from where I live; two apps - weatherbug and google now. Anyone know how to fix??
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I've had my Nexus for a few months now and all of a sudden I started experiencing the same problem the other day. If I check the weather card on Now it picks up my current location but when I 'drill' into the detail all of a sudden I'm in France! Similar thing when searching, I get asked if I want to change my default google page from UK to FR and I get prices in € instead of my usual £.
I've tried rebooting, turning the GPS off and on, disabled and then re-enabled my location tracking settings... all to no avail. I've also set my home and work locations on Google...
If anyone has the vaguest inclination about what might be going on, I'd be much obliged to hear about it.
Thanks
Normalness said:
I've had my Nexus for a few months now and all of a sudden I started experiencing the same problem the other day. If I check the weather card on Now it picks up my current location but when I 'drill' into the detail all of a sudden I'm in France! Similar thing when searching, I get asked if I want to change my default google page from UK to FR and I get prices in € instead of my usual £.
I've tried rebooting, turning the GPS off and on, disabled and then re-enabled my location tracking settings... all to no avail. I've also set my home and work locations on Google...
If anyone has the vaguest inclination about what might be going on, I'd be much obliged to hear about it.
Thanks
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Already several threads about this. Search.
skivvies said:
Already several threads about this. Search.
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Thanks, very helpful! How do you think I found this thread in the first place moron! If you want to be useful, how's about pointing me in the direction of said threads then?
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Post de-bantered. I lost all control...
WTH??
I always think it's better just to answer the question, with an appropriate response.
Instead, there's some useless banter posted.
How about you "so called" senior members, just answer the individuals question? Want to build your reputation in a positive way, then help out. It was a simple question.
If you want to post banter, then go to another site please.
Carry On now.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
I always think it's better just to answer the question, with an appropriate response.
Instead, there's some useless banter posted.
How about you "so called" senior members, just answer the individuals question? Want to build your reputation in a positive way, then help out. It was a simple question.
If you want to post banter, then go to another site please.
Carry On now.
MD
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Thanks MD, I can't tell you how welcome it is to see a sensible post
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Normalness said:
Thanks MD, I can't tell how welcome it is to see a sensible post
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Eh, when you;re new, people expect you to use Google and find the answer. You'll get used to it. Don't worry, there's a lot of good folks here who are willing to help.
Ok, in answer to your issue, I guess a Mod has to come in and do it.
Go to Settings/Locations.
Turn off the Provider (auto, or use Provider Settings) option, and enter your city manually. (make sure you also select your time zone)
You may also have to do this with your weather widget and do a city search under it's options.
The reason being, if everything is set to auto, based on Provider location, they may not have a base exactly in your City. So we have to set one manually. Or they will use what ever is closest.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Eh, when you;re new, people expect you to use Google and find the answer. You'll get used to it. Don't worry, there's a lot of good folks here who are willing to help.
Ok, in answer to your issue, I guess a Mod has to come in and do it.
Go to Settings/Locations.
Turn off the Provider (auto, or use Provider Settings) option, and enter your city manually. (make sure you also select your time zone)
You may also have to do this with your weather widget and do a city search under it's options.
The reason being, if everything is set to auto, based on Provider location, they may not have a base exactly in your City. So we have to set one manually. Or they will use what ever is closest.
MD
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Excellent, glad to hear there are good folk
RE your fix, I'll give it a try. Just to say in the meantime though that I've got a Galaxy Nexus as well (getting on a bit now admittedly) and that's absolutely fine with locations etc. Also the Nexus 7 has been perfectly fine for the past few months... I only mention that because of your point about provider location etc.
I'll give it a try and let ya know though.
Oooh and as I've typing my response I've just been alerted to the fact that I've got 4.3 ready for installation (must've just come through OTA) - perhaps that'll jump-start things into working again.
Thanks again
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Location on nexus 7 way wrong
I got my problem resolved. I called Google help and they had me do a factory reset. Initially, that didn't work. I went into apps and drilled down to maps app and cleared all cache and data. I am now seeing the maps app pinpoint me in my exact location. Weather app is also precise. Thaanks for the help.
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I got my problem resolved. I called Google help and they had me do a factory reset. Initially, that didn't work. I went into apps and drilled down to maps app and cleared all cache and data. I am now seeing the maps app pinpoint me in my exact location. Weather app is also precise. Thaanks for the help.
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Oooh factory reset... I must confess that prospect doesn't fill with me with joy, but I guess if it's the only way to get things working again then needs must. Appreciate the info, as always, thanks.
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I got my problem resolved. I called Google help and they had me do a factory reset. Initially, that didn't work. I went into apps and drilled down to maps app and cleared all cache and data. I am now seeing the maps app pinpoint me in my exact location. Weather app is also precise. Thaanks for the help.
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Ha Ha. The only thing more drastic than that, is to re-flash the whole ROM :silly:
Gotta love Google Support. Hard reset is their first advice. Unfortunately, be aware, when you do that, you lose all personal data, so you should always back up your information, docs, photos, etc. just in case.
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As it turns out my problem did not go away. I turned off the Nexus; back on a few hours later. My eyes went buggy as I went into maps, see it load beautifully to my location and then, in a flash, move back to that same location about 50 miles from my location. I don't get it. Help.