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      kamarasm Bronze Member @surfboomerang
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      @surfboomerang Hell yeah, I experienced some bouncing in GPS signal yesterday, however there was never problem like this before.
      Interesting 🙂

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        Mff73 @TM0702
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        @thomas-ma
        It doesn’t really look like non accuracy, as it is really “geometrical” 🙂
        Have you eventually transfered the same workout to another plateform to compare the representation ?
        SA activity link or fit file may help to see what is inside (wrong data, wrong representation, raw data behind for suuntoguys).

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          TM0702
          last edited by

          Thanks all. So I followed the instruction above and switched to another GPS system to “Galileo.” Attached is the tracking map.

          My next question is the accuracy: I ran 12.5 laps, which should end up equal to be 5k. However, the Suunto shows 5.38km. I ran on Lane 4 which is 423m per lap, and it should equal to 5.28m, I know 100m discrepancy is not huge but my friend is using another brand, Coros and his watch’s discrepancy is only 10m. We ran side by side as well.Screenshot_20210221-203740.png

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            DMytro @TM0702
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            @thomas-ma i think coros has a special feature for lap running where it averages out gps descrepancies so you get nicer track + more reliable distance.

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              TM0702 @DMytro
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              @дима-мельниченко Agree. In general I am quite happy with my Suunto 9 tracking.

              Does anyone know if there is any different GPS tracking function between “Track and Field” vs “Running” function? If no, should I just use “running” function for running at the sports ground going forward?

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                surfboomerang @TM0702
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                @thomas-ma I noticed running profile does not record GPS every second, but a random interval between 1-4 seconds. On road races with distance of half a marathon I noticed the watch is always spot on in distance, but on a 400m track I can imagine it cuts the corners less accurate then it should do.

                Maybe that explains the difference.

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                • isaziI Offline
                  isazi Moderator
                  last edited by

                  This is from this morning in Amsterdam. Standard running profile, GPS+Beidou.

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                    Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @isazi
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                    @isazi I know the place well 👌

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                      DMytro @isazi
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                      @isazi image isn’t from SA, right?

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                        isazi Moderator @DMytro
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                        @дима-мельниченко Runalyze with ESRI satellites view.

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                          TM0702 @isazi
                          last edited by TM0702

                          @isazi said in GPS accuracy - track and field:

                          Interesting. Next time I will try the GPBeidou system and see if it reports better result.

                          And you can tell from the screenshot (from Strava) my GPS is completely off track.pic.png

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                            zadow @TM0702
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                            @thomas-ma
                            Hi, have you tried “Track and Field” Sport mode for running on track? I can remember that I read somewhere that it (should) has some special setting for tracking running on Track. I have never tried it by myself. It just rang the bell for me, when I read your post…

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                            • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                              Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @TM0702
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                              @thomas-ma keep in mind that the satelite overlay isnt always 1:1.

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                                TM0702
                                last edited by

                                Thanks. i understand it is not always 1:1.

                                May be next time I will try the normal “running” mode while running on track and see if there is any difference.

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                                  TM0702
                                  last edited by TM0702

                                  So I run another 10k using the regular run function, and here is the map from Strava. 10k should be 25 laps, but I think I ran 24 laps + 250m(?) from the map.run.png

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                                    zhang965
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                                    10k.JPG

                                    my 10k, it’s quite accuracy

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                                      Bulkan Moderator @zhang965
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                                      @zhang965 Did you use loop? just curious if work well in a track.

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                                        Shrek3k @TM0702
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                                        @thomas-ma 24 laps + 250m would be rather outstanding and excellent in terms of accuracy.
                                        Just check how and where the 400m lap really is 400m long … I think it is nearly impossible to run the ‘perfect line’ for so long.

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                                          zhang965 @Bulkan
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                                          @bulkan said in GPS accuracy - track and field:

                                          @zhang965 Did you use loop? just curious if work well in a track.

                                          auto lap 1k

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                                          • isaziI Offline
                                            isazi Moderator @Bulkan
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                                            @bulkan I used the loop S+ on the track, worked pretty well.

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