Comments on: We’re Not In Kansas Anymore, iPhone (3G)

By: Jaber

Jaber — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:38 +0000

Maybe because Kansas is in the center of the US. Go to maps.google.com and click the + sign to zoom in and you will land in Kansas.

By: William Curin

William Curin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:08:46 +0000

I’ve had my i780 do similar things… although not as dramatic.
Easiest way to ensure non-whacked out positioning is to get fresh AGPS data and be outside when going for a lock.

By: Thurgood

Thurgood — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:43:05 +0000

I had a similar problem with both the google maps and the locator app from Installer, occasionally I was in some random barren area of kansas. It seemed to happen more often when I was on WiFi, though.

By: PeteJayhawk

PeteJayhawk — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:59:45 +0000

It could somehow be related to the fact that the default home for Google Earth is located about 1 km from my house here in Lawrence, Kansas.

By: bj Wolfe

bj Wolfe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:46:24 +0000

I had the same problem with the iFlickr app. It kept geo tagging my photos to Lebannon Kansas.

By: John

John — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:55:06 +0000

Looks like that is Google maps, or Google earth. I know that Google earth defaults to Lawrence Kansas, as one of the designers went to KU.

By: onyourleft

onyourleft — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:44:53 +0000

Garmin is based out of Kansas. Maybe Apple worked with a Garmin chip set and the default location is Kansas? I’m guessing. Does it show?

By: Australia Calling

Australia Calling — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:34:03 +0000

Maybe they never tested it in the south hemisphere and have accidentally flipped the latitude and done something strange with the longitude in the process. In latitude Auckland’s about -36 degrees, while Kansas is about 36 degrees. In longitude it seems to be 90 degrees (or 270 degrees, depending on how you look at it) out of whack: 174 degrees for Auckland compared with -96 degrees for Kansas.

By: sushant verma

sushant verma — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:43:52 +0000

i got a acronym for ya...

WTF