Altiude measurement issues
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@Brad_Olwin i am curious why would prefer gps adjusted altitude rather than just barometric adjustment if you can calibrate the altimeter based on certified height for instance .
Based on similar posts here in the forum I was using the automatic calibration and In several occasions where I was by the sea, I tended to get -11 or -8 m readings. On the contrary by setting the actual altitude I was very spot on on my other readings .
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@thanasis
yes maybe… it could be that the idea behind FusedAlti is that you can focus on your sport without playing around with setting the altitude frequently during long activities with stormy, changing weathers?
11m wrong looks like a lot when you’re standing at the sea. when you are in the mountains at 3’000m, being 11m wrong is not so critical… I know some people would disagree here… -
@freeheeler funny story, a year ago I was climbing my first 3k mountain, at the top the watch has shown just 2998m which was a putty XD.
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@DMytro
I observe very precise measurements very often, too.
but some meters off is within tolerance IMO.
also when we take into account how complex this feature is -
@freeheeler not saying otherwise, just a pity that the watch didn’t justify 3k XD.
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@DMytro
aah
…next time, climb the summit cross 
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There is good explanation with examples on the following link regarding pressure and GPS altitude readings: https://xcmag.com/news/gps-versus-barometric-altitude-the-definitive-answer/
I have also experienced negative values on sea level, both when getting to sea level from higher altitude as well as when trying FusedAlti for auto-adjustement. During activities on mountains I can’t recall having any (major) issues with readings as they were mostly accurate.
I think S9P misses the ability to get manual pressure set as it existed in A3P for instance.
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@Panagiotis-Kritikakos
edit: sorry, you asked for pressure, I already answered it is possible but that’s only true for altitude… yes, setting the pressure is not possible, but also not really necessary as only relative pressure matters IMO -
@freeheeler I also mean relative pressure, not absolute. For example, today I noticed difference by what the watch was reading and what the nearest weather station was reporting ~1.5km away in direct line and same sea level. Not sure if pressure can be sligtly different in such short distance with same conditions. I suppose other factors can affect the watch and I pressume the station is reporting correctly.
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@Panagiotis-Kritikakos
that’s what I mean… doesn’t matter if the station shows different than your watch. what matters is, that if the station drops e.g. by 3 hPa over night, that your watch (if close enough to the station) drops 3 hPa, too -
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