How can I change the location on my ipad

I wanted to look at the distance from my house to my friend's and when I checked, it didn't show the location of my house, it showed another random house. How can I change my current location?

Which iPad do you have? Your location may not be entirely accurate if you have a WiFi only iPad as there is no GPS chip. It relies on a database of WiFi hotspots in Apple's database.
If you want to find the distance, enter your address as the starting point and your friend as the end point. you don't have to use your current location at all.

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