On 12/02/2014 16:57, Recliner wrote:
"Graham Harrison" wrote:
"Recliner" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 07:48:56 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 22:04:44 on Sun, 9 Feb
2014, tim..... remarked:
Finally, I assume that the "current location" only works if you are on
public Wi-Fi or 3G and not on fixed line BB.

If you are using private wifi (with a broadcast, and hence public, SSID)
it could know too. In fact I think all it normally takes is for your
laptop to have its wifi switched on, and be able to "see" some SSIDs,
even if the connectivity being used is BB.

Yes, it works from my iPad, but not from my cable-connected PC (both
using the same wireless router).

I wonder if it's linked to GPS in devices like a mobile phone/iPad?
When I use my desktop which is wired to my BT broadband various websites
that try and guess my position seem to think I'm almost anywhere between
Somerset and London; it varies day to day.

No, my iPad doesn't have GPS. I think it's something to do with the
wireless connection. I think, as you say, wired connection locations are
much less precise.

Wasn't one of the things that Google was doing when doing street view
was to hoover up all SSID and related information so they could use it
for rough positioning?