A growing thread on the Apple community support forums suggests that users are having some difficulties with GPS accuracy mostly on the iPhone 8 and iPhone X — but a software fix appears to be included for most in the most recent beta of iOS 11.2.
Source: macinsider

Some iPhone 8, iPhone X users suffering from GPS issues, software fix appears to be coming in iOS 11.2
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