Talk:Restrictions on geographic data in China

Chips or maps
The problem was observed as early as 2008, and the causes were unclear, with (misguided) speculation that imported GPS chips were tampered with code that caused incorrect reporting of coordinates.[41] It is still unclear whether GPS chips manufactured in China return GCJ-02 coordinates directly, or if they return WGS-84 coordinates, which approved map software can convert to GCJ-02.[citation needed]

While I do appreciate the effort of referring to the speculation as "misguided", the unsupported claim that follows should be able to use a bit of similarly powered claim regarding the source of the offset. Will anyone find some source to clear that up a bit? (Logically the answer lies not in the chips (nor in smartphone OS/firmware), but in the software. Otherwise: a) everyone with a smartphone is screwed and skewed when they check apple satellite or google Earth imagery b) there won't be any deviation relative to street maps visible in Ingress (good thing, ironically).) –Artoria2e5 contrib 04:51, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

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