[ice109]

>Core Location provides services for determining a device’s geographic location, altitude, orientation, or position relative to a nearby iBeacon.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation

[jafingi]

As the quote states, it can (determine the geographic location, altitude, orientation) OR (determine position relative to a nearby iBeacon)

[bflood]

ok yes, an iBeacon is one possible way CoreLocation determines a device's location. in this case there was none, only GPS (and I guess Wifi is used as well)