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Silverback
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Am I right in thinking that the GPS on my Suunto measures horizontal distance only; so if for example I ran up a hill at 45 deg (granted extreme example) for 1.4km it would only register 1km?
Am I right in thinking that the GPS on my Suunto measures horizontal distance only; so if for example I ran up a hill at 45 deg (granted extreme example) for 1.4km it would only register 1km?
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The foot pod reacts faster to changes in speed than GPS does (intervals), and yep...the GPS will measure your running distance on a flat surface only.
GPS is pretty inaccurate at measureing changes in heights, that's why most devices have a built in altimeter. but the data from the altimeter is not used for the distance calculation.