I noticed my GPS tracking on my activities is all over the place when I'm in downtown Chicago where I work. But when I'm back in the suburbs it looks fine. Is this normal?
I noticed my GPS tracking on my activities is all over the place when I'm in downtown Chicago where I work. But when I'm back in the suburbs it looks fine. Is this normal?
I live near Chicago also (near Schaumburg) ... on the rare occasions I'm in the city, I've found GPS's to be generally inaccurate due to all the buildings. When I'm on the road, riding trails…
It could be all the skyscrapers, the more skyscrapers and towers and tunnels and large trees, the worth it gets. Plus weather is also important. Large city with many towers and skyscrapers or also a in…
Yeah, it’s called an urban canyon.
en.wikipedia.org/.../Urban_canyon
All the glass and steel reflects satellite signals repeatedly, so that there is little hope to get an accurate location fix.
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