A location awareness apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communications with a plurality of satellites and with another device; and a controller recognizing a current location of the device based on information received from the plurality of satellites, controlling communications with the other device when a number of satellites available for communication is less than a reference number during the recognition of the current location, receiving satellite information from the other device, and correcting the current location based on the information received from the plurality of satellites and the satellite information received from the other device.