add network location docs and update related gmscompat info

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<li><a href="#broad-carrier-support">Broad carrier support without invasive carrier access</a></li>
<li><a href="#lte-only-mode">LTE-only mode</a></li>
<li><a href="#wifi-privacy">Wi-Fi privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="#network-location">Network location</a></li>
<li><a href="#private-screenshots">Private screenshots</a></li>
<li><a href="#closed-device-identifier-leaks">Closed device identifier leaks</a></li>
<li><a href="#privacy-by-default">Privacy by default</a></li>
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standard Wi-Fi privacy approach.</p>
</section>
<section id="network-location">
<h3><a href="#network-location">Network location</a></h3>
<p>GrapheneOS provides the ability to use network location as an opt-in
feature.</p>
<p>Enabling the network location feature will make getting a location lock
indoors and in cities with tall buildings much faster, or possible when it would
have previously been impossible. Additionally, network location improves app
compatibility for apps that expect a fast location lock from the network
location provider which they won't get when it's off and GNSS is being used
instead.</p>
<p>The feature works by sending nearby Wi-Fi network identifiers to the service,
which returns positioning data for those networks and other nearby ones to store
in a temporary in-memory cache. Your location is estimated using a robust
on-device multilateration algorithm.</p>
<p>In the future, GrapheneOS plans to provide an option for offline network
location using downloaded data instead of having to send data to a service.</p>
<p>For details on how to use the network location feature, see the
<a href="/usage#network-location">usage section</a>.</p>
</section>
<section id="private-screenshots">
<h3><a href="#private-screenshots">Private screenshots</a></h3>