Incorrect data

[Flash1984]

I have just done 1 hr of football and it has clocked circa 6,000 steps, but the app (GPS tracked) thinks I only didn’t 1.8km.....whereas I went for a GPS tracked walk yesterday of circa 2,000 steps and it knows I covered 1.8km then.

How do the formulas work?? 1hr of running is the same distance covered with 20minute wall the previous day. Do I need to configure something somewhere?

[JohnnyRow]

Did you actually have your phone with you while playing football?

Because GPS works only by linking to phone's GPS.

[Flash1984]

It’s 5 aside, so the phone was in my bag at the side of the pitch. As you can see from the photo it looked to be picking it up, but maybe it only picked up partial data?
Even so would it not calculate distance based on step count the same way it does with walking?

Regards,

Dave

[JohnnyRow]

If it is using GPS, it gets distance from that.  If not connecting to phone's GPS, then it calculates distance from step count.

All I could imaging is that in football, maybe lots of arm movements got interpreted a steps to give higher step count, or I would guess in any sport, the step count will not be as accurate a gauge of distance because taking many shorter steps, switching direction, shuffling feet, etc.

See How does my Fitbit device calculate distance traveled? 

[Flash1984]

Thanks for your advice.

I think the step count is probably correct (or thereabouts) as its an hour of stop/start running, an hour of running would be over 6,000 steps. I don't think the GPS distance is correct, but that could be because it is a confined area and the GPS isn't accurate enough OR when too far from the phone it loses the GPS connectivity.

I might look at the Fitbit with built in GPS.


Many Thanks,


Dave