Garmin GLO/Android altitude discrepancy

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Garmin GLO/Android altitude discrepancy

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Hi, New user here. My setup is as follows: Huawei MediaPad T3...

StuartW - 6/17/2020 7:43:57 PM

It's doing altitude correction. Really. Probably the mock GPS app...

Tim Dawson - 6/19/2020 8:25:43 AM

I've now tried two different mock gps apps - Bluetooth GPS...

StuartW - 6/19/2020 8:33:59 AM

Given the accuracy of a Garmin Glo is 3m, I would say an altitude...

PaulSS - 6/19/2020 10:01:54 AM

I think you have misread the discrepancy Paul: Bluetooth GPS says...

StuartW - 6/19/2020 10:05:33 AM

Geoid undulation varies from place to place, but 145ft would not be an...

grahamb - 6/19/2020 10:47:09 AM

Agreed - but in the perspective of this issue I'm still confused....

StuartW - 6/19/2020 10:54:57 AM

You're absolutely correct, I did miss the minus sign. In the big...

PaulSS - 6/19/2020 3:54:30 PM

Perhaps its cause I haven't actually been in the air with SkyDemon...

StuartW - 6/19/2020 4:06:13 PM

HMmmm, I don't think you'll be flying looking at the SkyDemon 'radar'...

PaulSS - 6/19/2020 6:46:32 PM

That is a very fair point

StuartW - 6/19/2020 7:13:52 PM

GPS providers on Android are not supposed to apply geoid correction,...

Tim Dawson - 6/22/2020 9:01:52 AM

Could you help me understand something - is this correction positive...

StuartW - 6/22/2020 9:10:32 AM

It could be positive or negative depending upon where you are in the...

Tim Dawson - 6/23/2020 2:24:52 PM

Tim, thank you, although the issue still remains (or maybe not) Is...

StuartW - 6/23/2020 2:30:51 PM

I am pretty sure a solution was offered on the first page. To clarify,...

Tim Dawson - 6/24/2020 8:56:43 AM

I've gone back and read the whole of the first page and don't see a...

StuartW - 6/24/2020 9:05:03 AM

Can you let me know when you emailed support? I will find out what...

Tim Dawson - 6/25/2020 9:00:11 AM

Having discussed this with my colleague, it appears she engaged you by...

Tim Dawson - 6/25/2020 9:05:31 AM

Can you make GPS correction optionable? I tried to fly in X-Plane this...

177 - 4/13/2021 10:03:55 PM

That's because whatever you're using to push location into Android is...

Tim Dawson - 4/14/2021 9:47:41 AM

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