IPhone 4s GPS/location services not working correctly in Maps

I have had an iPhone since the original, so I am not new to the way Maps works. Maps has been useless on my new 4s. It keeps pulling up locations from other states, or telling me I am at a location when I am 5-10 miles away. For example, I searched for Fireshouse subs ( I am in Florida) it found one match: Denny's in California?!? I searched for an autozone that I was a mile from and pulled one in Nebraska. Also, I can calulate a route, tells me I am 30 miles away, drive a mile, change start from Current Location, and then I am 10 miles away.... Is there a way to calibrate my GPS? This is very frustrating! thanks
(is iPhone 4S really not a product in the drop down selection Apple?)

Ok.. didn't need the 3 finger solute. I turned on Airplane Mode and left it there for 5min.
Once I turned Airplane Mode off and services came back I went back to maps and got the "Will you allow Maps to see your location... blah blah".
Now GPS services, both maps and loopt, working again. Maybe Airplane Mode OFF/ON reset/reconnected services? No idea, but I'm trackable again.
Thanks for the quick replies.

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