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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by soared on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:30PM (#23654551)
This data has an accuracy of something like ~80ft on average.

https://www.mobilemarketer.com/ex/mobilemarketer/cms/news/re....

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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by truculent on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:28AM (#23699595)
Ah, right - less than I thought. I suppose that could be useful for mass-gatherings but generally we should not have those anyway.

Thank you for the correction

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