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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 12:17 pm
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beep88
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Smartphone navigation inside buildings, especially underground does not work because GPS requires unobstructed view of the sky.

When you are underground, the only information the phone can get for positioning is the cell tower/site, and the neigbouring WiFi, which are very inaccurate.
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