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Automatic correction of obvious errors...

Former Member
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If there is a discrepancy between two recorded values one must be more correct than the other. It makes sense that Garmin Connect would have the ability to correct for such errors.

For example: after my run tonight my average and average moving pace both were lower than my fastest pace. That can't be right. By any definition of "average" I'm aware of it is a value that lies between max/min measurement. Since this is the case, one would think that the software would automatically correct for such inaccuracies.

In addition, today I ran over the 59th street / Queensboro bridge in New York. According to my 405 I had DEscended over 60 feet by the time I reached the height of the bridge!!!

(it actually went from +96ft to -30ft to +20ft (peak), then after I was down from the bridge I had lost 3ft from the peak and thus ended up on +17ft)

I know the elevation data won't be 100% accurate, but such a grave error makes the data completely useless. It's one thing to have the data have a slight margin of error, but in the right direction at least, and another when it registers elevation loss when you've climbed a bridge.

Surely there must be a way for the software to interact with Google maps which contains terrain data and thereby correct it, or?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 14 years ago
    Hello MATTIASNYC,

    Pace can be misleading. Is it possible that you were tricked by the numbers?

    A slow pace has a higher number than a fast pace, minutes/mile.
    So your average pace should be a bigger number than your fastest pace.

    I read somewhere that topo software does indeed correct bridge elevations down to follow the terrain under the bridge (like if you were flying) into the canyon or river under the bridge. So it sounds like your software corrected the bridge elevations correctly but the -30 might be an error. The wrist units have very poor elevation reception because of the small antenna and made worse by where and how you wear the watch, tall buildings, trees, etc.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 14 years ago
    Hello MATTIASNYC,

    Pace can be misleading. Is it possible that you were tricked by the numbers?

    A slow pace has a higher number than a fast pace, minutes/mile.
    So your average pace should be a bigger number than your fastest pace.


    I know. These are the numbers straight out of Garmin Connect (first 8 measurements taken every quarter mile during an 11.5mile workout), and they say "pace":


    AvgPace/AvgMovPace/Best Pace

    08:09:00 / 08:07:00 / 09:24:00
    07:50:00 / 06:39:00 / 08:46:00
    07:02:00 / 06:23:00 / 09:10:00
    09:42:00 / 08:43:00 / 09:26:00
    07:33:00 / 06:55:00 / 09:30:00
    06:46:00 / 06:11:00 / 09:19:00
    05:35:00 / 04:51:00 / 09:07:00
    06:38:00 / 06:19:00 / 09:06:00

    I read somewhere that topo software does indeed correct bridge elevations down to follow the terrain under the bridge (like if you were flying) into the canyon or river under the bridge. So it sounds like your software corrected the bridge elevations correctly but the -30 might be an error. The wrist units have very poor elevation reception because of the small antenna and made worse by where and how you wear the watch, tall buildings, trees, etc.


    Ah, that makes sense I suppose. Thanks for the explanation.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 14 years ago
    Might be a software bug, check this thread.

    https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?t=5384
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 14 years ago
    Jesus! The thread started over nine months ago!

    And someone bumped it a month ago without any results....!?