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watermelon0 on March 3, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX just achieved speed of 17Mb/s from satellit...

Seems it's not available everywhere, for some reason.

> Note: Your coordinates and elevation may not be available in certain countries or regions.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph1ac0b663/ios

plugin-baby on March 3, 2024 | [–]

Thanks, this article pointed me in the right direction. Coordinates were missing for me because locations services were disabled for the Compass app.

Terretta on March 3, 2024 | [–]

some reason = GNSS: https://medium.com/@ilyakorogodin/where-is-a-navigation-chip...

Article opens iPhones of several generations since iPhone 3G to discover how they do GNSS positioning.

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