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O'Keefe iPhone GPS Location Records (cache.sqlite)

GPS records with accuracy limits. Whiffin opined the phone stayed near the flagpole; identical coordinates and changing accuracy did not independently prove physical immobility.

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Prosecution used the GPS route data to corroborate the timeline of O'Keefe's arrival and establish that the phone remained stationary outside 34 Fairview. Defense argued that overlapping accuracy circles with different radii are consistent with a stationary phone and do not indicate movement. The data was visualized through multiple exhibits including prosecution mapping slides across both trials.

GPS location records from the cache.sqlite database and related location stores on John O'Keefe's iPhone trace the route from the Waterfall Bar to 34 Fairview Road, including coordinate points, accuracy circles whose radii can encompass multiple physical points, and a record of westerly movement around 12:25 a.m. A chart from Ian Whiffin's report shows five consecutive records with identical coordinates while reported accuracy refines from 43 meters to 7 meters. Whiffin opined that, based on the totality of the information, the device never moved far from the flagpole; the records and accuracy limits do not independently establish physical immobility.

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