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Adjusting scale on elevation chart

PSMAYO
over 10 years ago
Hi there

How can I adjust the scale on the elevation charts? It appears to default to showing -50 - +50 metres. The hills I run do not go below sea level (0) and only up to about 35m, so having the scale go from 0-50 would be preferred.

Thanks
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 13 years ago

    Is it just me or is the scaling on the Elevation graph a bit rubbish?

    Why does it show -200m to 200m when the actual data is only between 26m and 123m - I can't see the point in that and it's really not a hard thing to get right... or am I missing something?:eek:

  • 0 over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member
    I agree could this please be fixed?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member
    Elevation display change over the winter?

    Wondering the same thing. I rarely use GarminConnect through the winter, so I don't know when this happened, but it seems that the elevation graph displays very differently--and much less usefully for me--now than it did last fall. Originally, elevation changes pretty much filled the graph, with my lowest elevation at the bottom and my highest elevation near the top. Now it goes from zero at the bottom to my highest elevation at the top. That would cause little difference if I lived at sea level, but since I live at about 9000', it now compresses my elevation changes and bike riding profile to just the very top of the chart. Even with massive climbs and descents, the ride profile now shows almost flat! I took my Edge305 skiing on the Continental Divide yesterday, and the skiing profile shows just gently rolling hills....

    Can this be fixed, or am I missing a setting somewhere (I've looked)?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member
    Elevation scaling

    I agree. I recall the automatic scaling used to be reasonable, and relative to the activity. Now it's useless as it always starts at zero.
    I do my running always at over 5000 feet, sometimes up to 10,000. An elevation scale starting at zero is completely useless.
    What I have found to *almost* be useful is to convert the activity to a course. In doing that, the automatic elevation scale is once again reasonable.

    Hey Garmin, FIX IT.
  • 0 over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member
    Please fix....

    Yes, the elevation graphs are completely useless. Do Garmin check here at all? It has been wrong for a long time now... very silly.

    Please fix! My latest ride hade min height 6m, max height 79m, yet the scale went from -200 to 100. Which basically is a straight line....
  • 0 over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member
    I don't think Garmin cares. Can you zoom in on the elevation chart ? Sometimes I can, but not always. Just select the area you want to zoom.
  • 0 over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member
    I can zoom in,but this does not change the elevation scale, which is now useless. Garmin doesnt seem to care about any of these issues. Can they fix it? Sure, just as they could add a grade graph in the activities charts and graphs to the reports, both of which were available in MotionBased, which was much superior to Garmin Connect. So it can be done, but Garmin just doesn't care. Try SportTracks or some other 3rd party program.
  • 0 over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member
    +1 for "Garmin should fix this"
    +10 for "Give up on GC and use Sporttracks"
  • 0 over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member
    I noticed that my elevation graphs look fine when I am viewing them in statute Units, (the max and min vales are near the max and min values of the track), however if I switch to Metric, the lower value of the elevation graph goes very low. see for example http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192675946
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    Hi all
    I've just used my Garmin Edge 500 for the first time and uploaded the data to Garmin Connect - I love it! However the scale on the elevation graph when I display the data is way to big - goes from 200m below sea level to 100m above sea level. This makes no sense when the range of elevation for the ride was only from sea level to plus 60m. How can I set the range of the elevation graph so that it makes more sense considering the range of elevations I rode?