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Re:Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, ... by bmoreoutside on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:18PM (#25753849)
I feel establishing indoor positioning using device GPS is questionable unless the Capitol has an indoor GPS repeater.
Re:Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, ... by kersplody on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:34PM (#25754916)
The building has LTE repeaters, micro-cells, and wifi networks. A tight geo is very possible with assisted GPS.
Re:Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, ... by colsandurz on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:25PM (#25756749)
Not really. To geolocate a user the cell providers would need to know the absolute position of all the LTE repeaters and cells (which they might). But they'd also need to compensate for indoor propagation (which is much more complex than outdoor).

Also AGPS only provides satellite ephemeris, which enables a faster time to fix, not better accuracy.

Re:Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, ... by colsandurz on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:21PM (#25756705)
A GPS repeater would only give accurate time, not position. The repeater only repeats the signal that's captured by the antenna on the roof. I use GPS repeaters frequently in my labs to supply timing to instruments.
Re:Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, ... by local_dev on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:32PM (#25754897)
Extremely questionable. GPS accuracy even outside isn't perfect and GPS accuracy inside is a crap shoot depending on the building. Someone could have been walking past outside and be shown as inside the building.