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I suppose that, until recently, all communication methods made it clear to someone where the recipient of a message was. Someone getting a letter probably got it at a particular place or from a particular person, and even a phone call would often require using a particular device at a particular place. Even if you didn't know where someone was when they received a message from you, it would be such an obvious question that people would probably provide it in a message to you even if they weren't asked about it (see https://greatships.net/distress and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRN2nP_9dA for an example from the Titanic). This makes me think that "Where are you?" actually means "I don't know where you are" / "I'm having trouble finding you" and is most useful when you can communicate with the person more frequently than they would announce their position (which might only describe situations when you're talking to someone using a cell phone).