How Devices Find Your Physical Location Using Wi-Fi
Is it possible to find your physical location using tech devices that haven't inbuilt GPS hardware? It may be possible with Wi-Fi. Let's see how it works. GPS and Location Services Location Services come as a built-in system with operating systems like Android, Windows 10, Chrome OS, Mac OS, and iOS. When an app wants to access your location, it actually wants to know your OS's Location Services. Advanced Location Services follow different methods like GPS to access your physical location. If a GPS doesn't work, Location Services use some other approach to get a location. Let's understand how devices find a location when GPS doesn't work. If your mobile device utilizes a cellular signal, the location can be found using a signal source tower. The location can also be guessed as per relative signal strength using nearby towers. Nearby Wi-Fi access points can also help in location tracking. Role of IP address in loc...
