Hi, Short answer: no. Longer answer: no & see below for why this is the case.
The only way that this would have a chance of working is if a Blutooth device database was created with information about devices and their locations, in the same fassion as the WIFI hotspot database. However, given the reasonably short range of most Blutooth devices, any company that wanted to attempt this would most likely have to enter peoples properties to gather any sizable amount of data. On top of this, the mobile nature of Blutooth devices would make for terrible accuracy levels; after all, do you really leave your iPhone in one place all the time? If you're anything like me you take it almost everyware you go - my 4S has been all over England and has been known to visit wales every now and again. Consider what would happen if you tried to check your location whilst on a train: undoubtedly there will be a large number of Blutooth devices in range, but their "homes" would be spread out throughout the country, making the task of determining your actual location more or less inpossible. Lastly, WIFI access points are almost always left on, whereas I only really turn Blutooth on when I'm using it. Even if we set aside the above problems, it's entirely possible that a user may not have her Blutooth turned on when data was being gathered, resulting in her device not being indexed. Cheers, Ben. On 12/3/13, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't read this. Where did you read this? Given that bluetooth only > has a 30 foot range, I wouldn't think it would help with GPS accuracy. > > Wifi does help with GPS accuracy though. That's because GPS apps, in > addition to checking with GPS satellites, also check with hot spot > databases and triangulate your location based on the hot spots you're > around. > > On 12/03/2013 12:28 PM, Neal Ewers wrote: >> Hi, I read somewhere that having Bluetooth turned on allows the phone to >> know more about where you are. Yes? No? Is this simply that GPS is >> perhaps related to Bluetooth? Or, is there something else I don’t know. >> Or, is this fiction. >> >> Thanks for your thoughts. >> >> Neal >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
