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    Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race

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    • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
      Łukasz Szmigiel @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos you mean - unpublished firmware?

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      • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
        Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Łukasz Szmigiel
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        @Łukasz-Szmigiel yes I get (among others) Fieldtest SW to test.

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          Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Łukasz Szmigiel
          last edited by Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

          @Łukasz-Szmigiel FYI that is not stable nor something a normal person would benefit from.

          As soon, and as across countries and continents, we can pass several tests we can say that it’s a safe FW to go ahead with.

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            nseslija Bronze Member @isazi
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            @isazi now that you’ve mentioned, I also had one of the best GPS tracks this last weekend while hiking… with GLONASS although…

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            • surfboomerangS Offline
              surfboomerang @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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              @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

              Perhaps if posting here we can revive mr SilventVoyager

              I can share that the latest FW for the Sony chip on both S9/S5 performs oustanding.

              Regarding distance, I always get more than Stryd , road or trail. Personal. But about 0.05-0.15 to A3

              😳 😍 Can’t wait.
              Are the speed spikes/wobbles also fixed on higher speeds? It got way better in the current firmware, but there is room for improvement as it still fails sometimes

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              • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
                Łukasz Szmigiel @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos always good to hear that new firmware is being tested and its results are promising. Awesome!

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                  @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

                  Perhaps if posting here we can revive mr SilventVoyager

                  I can share that the latest FW for the Sony chip on both S9/S5 performs oustanding.

                  Regarding distance, I always get more than Stryd , road or trail. Personal. But about 0.05-0.15 to A3

                  I can confirm way @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos as I have been Field-testing the new firmware. We both agree the GPS is much better.

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                    azeanic
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                    Can confirm the latest GPS firmware is a lot better than previous iterations. I’m using Stryd for distance, so not sure about actual distance accuracy. But tracks are a lot cleaner and closer to where I’m actually running.

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                    • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @surfboomerang
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                      @surfboomerang I have not tested high speeds. Only up to 22km/h that is the fastest j can run.

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                        Maryn Silver Members @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                        @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos let’s hope that this version stays as a release canditate.

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                        • surfboomerangS Offline
                          surfboomerang @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos I haven’t seen the speed wobbles in my running activities. Only on other profiles. I think it has something to do with a different log algorithm in the running profiles.

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                            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @surfboomerang
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                            @surfboomerang we don’t use anything different (algo) between types.

                            It can be though the way you use your arms

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                              freeheeler @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                              @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                              like “shocks” from waves and fusedspeed becomes confusedspeed?

                              living sideways

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                                I am ready for an improved GPS (+ ×) software, too.
                                I a challenging environment (weekdays I am running in Berlin, approx 30% of the route(s) between rather solid and high houses) pure GPS and/or GPS+ Galileo/Glonass are quite often a real disaster and only offering a ‘wobbling’ track. And it does not even help to activate the exercise type and wait for a few minutes after the position has been found(yes, minutes, which currently is not too cozy 😉 )

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                                  Fenr1r @freeheeler
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                                  @TELE-HO said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

                                  confusedspeed

                                  Bravo. Better than any Friday deserves.

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                                  • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                    Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @freeheeler
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                                    @TELE-HO GPS no. Speed distance yes though 😄 Only if GPS is off / lost / bad.

                                    There is also confusedTrack BTW 😄

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                                      nseslija Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Interesting, I was convinced that there is different GPS algo for different sport modes… open water and cycling, for example…

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                                        Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @nseslija
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                                        @nseslija well I said something wrong.

                                        For cycling/running no diff.

                                        For open water only yes there is a special mode.

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                                          nseslija Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos ok, tnx

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                                            zvonejan Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                            @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

                                            @surfboomerang I have not tested high speeds. Only up to 22km/h that is the fastest j can run.

                                            Can you share this FW? I take all responsibility myself if anything goes wrong.

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