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Does the MacBook Air 2011 13-inch have GPS?
I was wondering how services such as Google Maps know the location of my MacBook Air, exactly like on my iPhone. I've tried this in a couple of wifi locations and Google's location services always get's my location exactly right! There must be GPS on this MacBook Air, but I come up short on information when I try to search for macbook air and gps.
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The MacBook Air definitely doesn't have GPS built-in. One way that Google Maps uses to find your location is triangulation based on the WiFi access points around you. It's eerily accurate, so I actually wonder what other methods they use.
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They are getting your location based off the ISP information for whatever your connected to.
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But, when paired with an iPhone (wifi access point data-sharing enabled), the Wifi signal changes for the "paired" signal (don't know how to call it) like on the iPad and I believe the Mac can uses iPhone GPS (like the iPad).
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