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Support => Troubles & Questions => Topic started by: tobser on May 29, 2023, 20:13:49

Title: Question about different indications of the height in the dashboard and cursor.
Post by: tobser on May 29, 2023, 20:13:49
Hello to you, I have a question about displaying the height.  I can display the altitude on the map screen in the dashboard.  I can also have the altitude of my location displayed next to the cursor position.  if I activate both, the two specifications differ by up to 50/60 m. why is that?  what is the exact specification.  I would appreciate tips from you. Many greetings
Title: Re: Question about different indications of the height in the dashboard and cursor.
Post by: Menion on May 31, 2023, 22:07:24
Hello tobser,
most probably it is a difference between measure altitude value and the altitude computed from the download elevation DTM files.

- altitude in the satellite screen (from the GPS) is real measured. The best is to enable (should be by default) automatic altitude offset in the altitude manager (https://docs.locusmap.app/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tools:altitude#altitude_offset).

- altitude next to cursor is computed from elevation files and in the case of enabling altitude offset, this value should be really close to the measured value.