GPS altitude meter
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@freeheeler as a rule it might not matter, but if I track with the watch - it should be reasonably accurate. When I’m at the summit, the data should be correct when the sun is shining!
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@mrony Yesterday at work I take a break and look at my current altitude and decide to update it via GPS.
After few minutes the watch notify me it’s ok.
I was at -7m … I try it 3 or 4 times it vary -5m , -6m.I was close to the bigest river of France not under the sea level…
Like you 9baro. I really hope the next update will improve/correct this. -
@g287-sf i also do!! I‘ll Tell this Theme to Suunto!
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@mrony
I need to mention something before this thread gets locked due to redundancy… if I climb summits that are between 2’500-3’500m I personally do not care about 10 or 20m. But maybe it’s just me?!Japanese cars by the way tend to show about 10% higher speeds.
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@freeheeler It’s clearly far from just you but I have uses for that accuracy. And, as it doesn’t increase my hiking weight by too much, better to have it and not need it than …
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@fenr1r
true, I don’t fancy going over a cliff because of bad weather and wrong values. That’s why I also do not rely too much on the watch.
But the precision still is better than a compass, altimeter and a 50’000 map
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@freeheeler you’re right. But maybe some people need accurate gps for other thing than sport
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@g287-sf
I think before we keep this discussion going we need samples from @MRony where we can see the graph and have some fix points to indicate the deviation in altitude.
Location is most of the times spot on with my watch.notice where I left the sidewalk and cut the corner? (counter clockwise direction).
and altitude recorded e.g. at the highest point of the ride compared to what’s stored in swiss topo maps.
I think it’s close to top notch.
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we need samples from @MRony where we can see the graph and have some fix points to indicate the deviation in altitude.
Preferably with simultaneous, co-located fixes from other devices with known generally superior accuracy.
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@fenr1r
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@freeheeler said in GPS altitude meter:
not everyone can pull an A3P out of his drawer
Ha! Good point. (Altho’, as detailed elsewhere, my A3P [FusedAlti] was outclassed by an SSU [Baro only] in a comparison a while back. So it may not be at its best.)
However, as long as there is postal delivery and selfless dedication to the scientific method …
It occurs to me that there is a more definitive test: against another 9Baro of known, recently-demonstrated accuracy.
You can fall back in affection with your Airboss in the interim.
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@freeheeler today i was a Tour, and the gps failed~ 100m! Photo i will load up in 3houers!
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@mrony
let’s say, without knowing details, the altitude was wrong… not GPS failed. at least that’s what I understand from the context, it could be misleading.
I’m curious about your details.
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@fenr1r said in GPS altitude meter:
we need samples from @MRony where we can see the graph and have some fix points to indicate the deviation in altitude.
Preferably with simultaneous, co-located fixes from other devices with known generally superior accuracy.
All that is really needed is to get a fit file and compare corrections in Runalyze
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@brad_olwin Will that tell you the GNSS reception conditions for the route or the corrections made for a notionally optimum route?
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@freeheeler - Now I have attached the pictures
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@freeheeler – one more
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@mrony
PTE 5.0, are you running with your skis??
The pics are nice and the data, but it would be good if we could associate the info better.
@Brad_Olwin mentioned runalyze, but I don’t use that, hence, no idea about that one.
If you would upload to QS and share the link it would help to see if there are unregularities in the graph. -
- is 14m too high
- 90m too low
- 11m too high
correct?
