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Originally Posted by rwcj63

as i was told a few days ago, some people use it as they're driving just to get a quick fix on where they are. without the gps on. i'm not entirely sure why this would be desired but that's what i was told. as for me, i always turn on my gps and my location is pretty accurate.

But the topic of the thread is he wants better than 1000 meters, meaning he's looking for a "GPS" accurate position. And because by default GoogleMaps does a tower lock first folks often think that's as good as it gets. It's a common newbie mistake with GoogleMaps these days.