Windows 10 map showing wrong location, how can I get it to show the correct location?

[Windows Central Question]

windows 10 map showing wrong location

it says I am a few miles away from where i am really at.

 

[rhapdog]

Re: windows 10 map showing wrong location

If the device you're using doesn't have cellular or GPS, then it will attempt to figure out where you are based on your IP address, which can be off by a few thousand feet or a several hundreds of miles.

I have an external USB GPS receiver for my Laptop. I have also noticed that if I use the Internet Sharing feature to give Internet to my laptop, then it will pick up my correct location from my phone's GPS.

 

[joroloso]

On the same desktop pc with Windows 10, without GPS, G**gle Maps shows my default location correctly within 100 feet whereas Ms Maps shows a place 10 miles away. Certainly they're using different databases/algorithms ....

 

[Vladimir Frolov]

On the same desktop pc with Windows 10, without GPS, G**gle Maps shows my default location correctly within 100 feet whereas Ms Maps shows a place 10 miles away. Certainly they're using different databases/algorithms ....

Good point!
There is something wrong with Microsoft engineers rather than GPS/ISPs etc, etc.

 

[Win fans]

Re: windows 10 map showing wrong location

Some issue & all the buildings location are wrong, at least 400m away from actual location which made me annoying to find the right place.

 

[Win fans]

Correct, seem all M/S win10m engineers are disappear