Cellular elevation gain accuracy
I've been using the MapMyRide app to monitor my rides and find that its distance stats match well with my cyclometer. I've never paid much attention to the elevation stats, though. Well today I encountered something most curious that has me wondering whether they are at all accurate. I took advantage of a nice spring day today to go for a row in the new skiff . I wanted to get an idea of my distance and speed so I started the app. After a rather nice row I took a look at the stats and found that I did a total elevation gain of 152 feet with the highest elevation 60 feet above the lowest. What's the deal with this? I figure I surely would have noticed that 50 foot rise and drop in less than a mile. The lake seemed dead flat to me, but maybe I'm missing something.