Serious location error! What the heck?!

[Whoppa Choppa]

Google maps on my phone, Waze etc etc thinks I am in Edinburgh. I'm actually on the train near Birmingham! What's that all about?! I'm not on WiFi either.

 

Bizarre. 

 

Done all the usuals - restart phone etc etc.

 

Any ideas, thanks.

[Doug Tait]

I can't really help Whoppa, but your comment about restarting phone reminds me of a problem I had, I restarted with no difference and a phone techy friend said no, turn off and on again, it's different from restart so maybe try that...

[manco]

depends if you bookmarked to there or if youre using a roaming ip location?

suggest zooming out and scrolling down from scottieland to brumland

[GarethM]

In Google you press the centre icon on the right side of the screen.

 

It does have a habit of staying wherever you were looking at last until you do it or search for a new destination and it gets your real time location to calculate.

 

I loaded it up last month and it still thought I was in the suburbs of Stockholm, took a few seconds for my sleep deprived mind to click centre map.

Edited December 18, 2023 by GarethM

[Dan Maynard]

 GPS signals are very weak radio, probably not making it through the tin roof and electrical interference of the train.

[PeteB]

I have checked my Google timeline before now to think, I ain't been anywhere near there!!! As said turn phone right off, leave for two minutes then start up!