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Big difference between Connect iOs version and Connect browser version (GPS data)

Why I’m seeing such a big difference in GPS draw > Garmin Connect iOs app vs Garmin Connect internet browser version?
Here’s two pictures from the same spot and from the same workout. iOS app's gps line is all over the place, but the browser version is much better. Just like it was in iOS app with my 820. This is only happening with 530.
This happens also in the forest where there are no marked roads. So this isn’t about smoothing by map data.
Why is the Connect iOs app drawing so badly, because it seems there might be much better data available?

0 aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to pojomtb

Technically it would be Garmin Connect is down sampling the data it sends to Garmin Connect Mobile. This is not really an Edge issue, but a Garmin Connect issue.

0 pojomtb over 5 years ago

Not sure which update fixed this, but now gps drawing has been good also with iOS app.

0 lopey66 over 5 years ago in reply to aweatherall

My belief is smart recording is a post process, as it records in 1 sec increments, at the end when you save activity thats when it crops and calculates numbers between points, a short ride didn't seem to remove many points and a longer ride was drastically culled, strava does this with their activities, see link Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm