IPhone Location Placement Way Off

Greetings forum board,
I drove to class this morning and when I went to use my phone to check in on Foursquare and it was placing me somewhere in Toronto, Canada. Now while I'm sure Toronto is a lovely place, I'm actually in the south suburbs of Chicago. Curious at the situation, I went to check other apps that use location services (google maps, regular maps, compass, etc.) and they are all placing me in Toronto. Now as of last night this was not a problem. I have tried restarting the phone, but to no avail.
I know this was a situation that has happened before, but I was just curious if anyone else has been having this problem as well or if there's a solution I am overlooking?
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iPhone 5
iOS 7.0.2
T-Mobile Carrier

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