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Old November 27th, 2009, 09:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Google Sky or GPS problem?

I love Google Sky but it seems to be off, by a goodly amount sometimes. I was showing my son the app last night (he likes astronomy and was home for Thanksgiving) and, no matter where I pointed, all we could see was the Southern hemisphere, I live in NY
I checked all the settings and had GPS on, didn't see a "user issue" (never out of the realm of possibilities though. lol). After he left I tried it again and it was closer to being right, but still not exactly right. I could see the friggin' moon in the sky yet could not find it on Google Sky, it was waaaay west of where it really was. I mean, it's the moon, it's not like I didn't know what I was looking at. No matter how I positioned the phone the moon stayed in the wrong place.
Was I having some dreaded GPS issue or has anyone noticed Sky being not so accurate?
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