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Originally Posted by jyl
He goes to Google Maps and the application locates him to within 50-100 feet. The exact street corner where we are.
So the question is: how does Google know where he is located?
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Google knows because you are connected through the local router.
You requested information from their system, that information had to have a tag on it to allow the answer to come back.
Think about it: Request came from your machine, connected to a local area network, which is wired in to a location.
In a way, it is like calling someone on a phone with caller id and wondering, when they pick up the phone and answer, why they call you by name.
Best
Les