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Re: Geographic coordinates from smart phones
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Mar 18, 16:47 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Mar 18, 16:47 -0400
Mike
One obvious way: they left the GPS receiver on the phone turned on. Thus, the lat long would be known on the device. If, additionally, the owner has selected "share my location", then the location is shared with Google. Google can then share that with whomever....
Brad
On Mar 18, 2018 4:32 PM, "Mike Burkes" <NoReply_Burkes@fer3.com> wrote:
Hi folks, I noticed while perusing some sites on smart phones and similar devices latitude and longitude are displayed. How is determined? Thx much.
Sincerely Mike Burkes Sincerely 626 833 1521
