From ef561443d66013911547769ea4525b95f8e86d41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: robertl Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:32:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Internal comment on dmtlog elevation oddity. --- gpsbabel/dmtlog.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/gpsbabel/dmtlog.c b/gpsbabel/dmtlog.c index 22f2a56e6..5de0fa092 100644 --- a/gpsbabel/dmtlog.c +++ b/gpsbabel/dmtlog.c @@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ finalize_pt(waypoint *wpt) wpt->latitude = xmlLatitude; wpt->longitude = xmlLongitude; } + /* NOTE: + * Alan White reports this program actually subtracts a number + * of meters ranging between 46 and 50 meters. It appears to be + * constant for each location, but different without an obvious + * correlation to ground altitude. We considered offsetting this + * in GPSBabel, but concluded it wasn't worth the bother. + * If we get complaints, probably all of our alt reading and writing + * should offset an average of 46m or so. + */ wpt->altitude = xmlAltitude; convert_datum(wpt, xmldatum); } -- 2.30.2