I wasn't there!

[Grantb2]

Any idea how to interpret info that says I was someplace that I have not been with my iPhone?

Specifically, I live in San Diego, but the tracker says I was all over northern Las Vegas in late June of 2010, shortly after getting my phone. The last time I was in Vegas, however, is at least 3 years ago. It was among one of the first iPhone 4's shipped out, so no way it was a return that had previously been in that area.

[jayavant]

I had to laugh at this. My track shows me in a part of Australia I have never visited, while my phone and I were in Korea.

[Grantb2]

Didn't realize that iPhones can swim.

[tmcw]

One of the theories is that iPhones have final assembly in Las Vegas and are thus powered on at that point. Might hold true for other locations.

[petewarden]

We are seeing a lot of people with Vegas on their phones. Unless there were
a lot of lost weekends, we've wondered about either an error in the cell
data or an Apple facility there.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Grantb2 <
reply@reply.github.com>wrote:

Any idea how to interpret info that says I was someplace that I have not
been with my iPhone?

Specifically, I live in San Diego, but the tracker says I was all over
northern Las Vegas in late June of 2010, shortly after getting my phone. The
last time I was in Vegas, however, is at least 3 years ago. It was among one
of the first iPhone 4's shipped out, so no way it was a return that had
previously been in that area.

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[marookkenja]

Also: Note that the points is the GSM antenna/wifi hotspot location, NOT the phone location!!!! And the iPhone might be able to see/log GSM antennas that are up to 100 MILES away! Does that make it more valid?

[Grantb2]

Even if my phone were logging antennae 100 miles away on a regular basis, the Las Vegas locations would make no sense.

[yahelc]

Yeah, I haven't been within 2500 miles of Las Vegas with my iPhone and I too got this weird Vegas data point.