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posted 12/3/2013 12:45:54 AM
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What is the calculation basis for altitude and height in SD? Eg, is altitude based on 1013 QNH and height based on altitude less terrain height? Trying to understand discrepancy between altimeter set to RPS and SD's altitude.
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Mikernav - 12/3/2013 12:45:54 AM
     my SD shows exactly the same as my Garmin set to above sea level...
micromike - 12/3/2013 9:01:21 AM
     SkyDemon uses the GPS so altitude is derived absolutely rather than...
Tim Dawson - 12/3/2013 12:54:57 PM
             Thanks Tim.
Mikernav - 12/3/2013 5:51:15 PM
             At what frequency do you calculate and update Height AGL? Looking at...
TimT - 12/16/2019 6:11:22 PM
                 Surely the position refresh rate depends on the GPS source. A tablet’s...
grahamb - 12/16/2019 7:08:55 PM
     The only significant change from when this thread was started is that...
Tim Dawson - 12/17/2019 11:41:31 AM

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