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Gps inaccurate

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‎04-04-2016 12:22

‎04-04-2016 12:22

I am a new owner of the Blaze.  I have noticed the GPS in not accurate when I go for runs.  I used my I Phone GPS with sports tracker app and noticed on a consistant basis the Fitbit is off almost 1/2 mile on a four mile leg.

 

I verified the distance with my government GPS and vehicle that is calibrated every year.  Has anyone else noticed their GPS is not accurate?

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‎04-04-2016 12:52

‎04-04-2016 12:52

The blaze measures distance by multiplying your stride length with the number of steps you took in your run, and not by GPS. I am having some issues with this aswell.. If you havn't put in a value of your stride length this is a preset value (based upon gender and height) and that is probably why the distance is off.. My last 2 runs have been in reality 10km but my watch told me they were 10,54 and 10,60km.

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