I'm satisfied that it's reasonably accurate now. It is interesting how much elevation can change without really being obvious to a person on the ground.
-----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Perrett Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 5:28 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS altitude somewhat wrong? I just checked Google Earth and the elevation of your office is 5260', only about 24' off of your GPS estimate if that is your location. Michael On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Van Horn, David < [email protected]> wrote: > > I have just installed a Thunderbolt here to get our time and frequency > equipment all on the same page. > As I was looking at the display on Lady Heather, I was noticing that > the GPS altitude seems rather wrong. > We are in Boulder CO, which is nominally 5430' and the antenna is > about 20' off the ground. > The display (near overdetermined position) reads 1589.72991 meters or > 5216 and change in feet. > Altitude is a big deal around here. :) > > I suppose 214' isn't that outrageous, but it does bring me to a question: > > How accurate is the altitude number really? > > Thanks. > > > -- > David VanHorn > Lead Hardware Engineer > > Backcountry Access, Inc. > 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H > Boulder, CO 80301 USA > phone: 303-417-1345 x110 > email: [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
