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Old 03-09-14, 12:00 AM
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Skewer
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GPS plus Barometric Altimeter

Hello. I believe many Garmins like the Edge 500 are GPS enabled and have a barometric altimeter as well. The combination of the two makes for more accurate elevation recordings --- so I am told. Well now I am looking at getting a new smartphone and I see that some of them have barometric sensors built in and some don't. Do any of the android cycling GPS tracking apps make use of these phones' internal barometer sensors in addition to GPS like the Garmins do? For example, would the Strava cycling app record more accurate elevation data on a phone that has a barometer sensor?

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