Hello. I rode a hilly Sportive last Sunday and the Elevation Gain figure shown on TR is vastly different to that shown in Garmin Connect and Strava. See the attached screenshots. Any ideas? Thanks. [IMG_0499] [IMG_0500] [IMG_0501]

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There are 2 methods of calculating elevation gain - barometric altimeter, and GPS elevation. GPS elevation is “on average” correct, but very “noisy” - you can ride along a level road, and it will report +1 meter, -1 meter, +2 meters, etc. leading to an overestimate of elevation gained. Barometric …

[image] mcalista: GC and Strava both use their underlying mapping information to correct barometric elevation, while TR just uses the raw barometric data. don’t think that is true, the last I checked Strava will use the bike computer’s elevation if it has a barometric altimeter. Looking at a …

Why such a discrepancy in Elevation Gain figure between TR and Strava / GC?

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mcneese.chad May 8, 2019, 7:20pm 2

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