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#309430 18-Oct-2023 12:42
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Over the past few months my brother has had a problem with Google Maps GPS being way out of whack when driving on the new motorway extension between Puhoi and  Warkworth. At times it shows his location as several kms away from where he actually is - sometimes shows him as being out in the water off Snells Beach.

 

He has a 2022 Audi. It started when he had an iPhone XR but last week he got an iPhone 15 and it’s still happening. After he told me about this last weekend, yesterday I just happened see this story on 9to5Mac.

 

Just now I found this on Apple Discussions.

 

It’s appeared across the globe and there’s widespread uncertainty and/or disagreement about the cause. Apparently it’s not just Google Maps - Apple Maps, Waze and other apps are affected too.

 

Anyone else come across this?





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  #3148779 18-Oct-2023 13:00
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Where does the phone sit when this happens? Is it wired or wireless carplay?

 

IIRC some systems use the cars GPS antenna and some use the phones. So if they phone is in a weird spot and doesn't have great GPS signal it can cause issues.




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  #3148781 18-Oct-2023 13:05
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Sorry don’t know where the phone sits. Wireless CarPlay.

 

There’s discussion in the links above along the lines of your thoughts re antennas etc but no clarity on that. Your thoughts do make sense - but you’d think the system would reliably use one or the other antenna, not throw up spurious results .





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