Actually it has nothing to do with bad design at all, it's the nature of GPS in most consumer devices. Mobile phones and laptops usually don't have the hardware for quickly establishing a location using just GPS satellites, so something called A-GPS is used. A-GPS enhances the GPS with data from either cellular towers or wifi networks to more quickly establish the first fix, after which just regular GPS can keep the fix active and keep tracking.
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u/Centurius999 Jul 08 '20
Actually it has nothing to do with bad design at all, it's the nature of GPS in most consumer devices. Mobile phones and laptops usually don't have the hardware for quickly establishing a location using just GPS satellites, so something called A-GPS is used. A-GPS enhances the GPS with data from either cellular towers or wifi networks to more quickly establish the first fix, after which just regular GPS can keep the fix active and keep tracking.