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Connect route precision (and difference from Strava)

Hello!

I've been noticing for some time that the track displayed on connect doesn't match the track recorded by the device, for example:
same activity, top showing in connect app, bottom on strava, why the difference? the picture is just an example but on connect it is all wrong

some information: FR745 GPS+GALILEO 1sec record

i hav also extracted the data from the gpx and in the file the points are correct:

am I missing something? can you help me understand?

Thank you

0 tmk2 over 1 year ago

This is a Garmin Connect issue. For some reason Garmin Connect displays the track in simplified form, although the underlying data is complete and correct. I also noticed that the level of simplification depends on track length, i.e. for shorter tracks the simplification is not as apparent as for longer tracks.

0 Kyle J over 1 year ago

Hi, the track is also displayed better on the Garmin Connect website (more like the Strava display) if you want to compare.

I've noticed recently that the map loads very slowly now in the Garmin Connect Android app. I wonder if this reduced/simplified version is intended to help speed up performance? I don't recall noticing it in the past.