Calculating the distance run with "today.local.distance"

[Capitano]

Hello,

because of the known issues with the geolocation-API I tried to calculate the distance I ran with the Activity-API and "today.local.distance".

I fetch this value from time to time to see how long the distance was that I ran.

Because I notice relevant differences to my Garmin tracker I wonder if this method is working at all or if this method is meant to be exact.

Does someone has experience in handling this value?

As far as I see this value is calculated without using GPS - is this correct? If so, it's not really astonishing if this value would be an (rough) estimation.

Capitano

[JonFitbit · Accepted solution]

Distance is:  Distance travelled, in meters.

This value does not use the GPS, but is based on your stride length and step count.