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Inaccurate mapping

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‎08-02-2023 09:57

‎08-02-2023 09:57

Can anyone tell me why my gps/tracking does this? I run the same straight back and forth route every day but the tracking has me going all zigzagging so it messes with my distance, pace, etc. It doesn’t happen all the time and not really at the same spot. 

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‎08-02-2023 10:00

‎08-02-2023 10:00

Sorry, I meant to add that I have an iPhone SE and I use the app to track, not my Fitbit 

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‎08-04-2023 04:42

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‎08-04-2023 04:42

Hello @rapooh1 and welcome to the Community.  Users often get maps like yours if you missed a setting somewhere.  Open your iPhone settings > Fitbit.  Make sure Location is set to Always.  Also tap on Location and make sure Precise Location is toggled On.  Make sure you aren't in any type of power saving mode.  To be complete, tall buildings can interfere with GPS signals.  But I figured out that you are in Billings, MT, in a very residential area.  So that's not your issue.

When you use the app to track, you are using an older feature called MobileRun.  That feature was released before any Fitbit had an Exercise app.  MobileRun doesn't include heart rate in the exercise details.  If you track your runs and want to monitor your cardio fitness score, then you need to use the Exercise app on your Fitbit.  Those exercise details include the heart rate data that's needed.

Laurie | Maryland
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