Altitude/height

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Altitude/height

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Mikernav	Mikernav posted 12/3/2013 12:45:54 AM Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 34, Visits: 129	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. Tags Altitude calculation basis height
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micromike	micromike posted 12/3/2013 9:01:21 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 19, Visits: 1.4K	my SD shows exactly the same as my Garmin set to above sea level Mike Cheers Mike Anything i say is my opinion you can take it or leave it
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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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