Re: A new mountain

T Dave R wrote:

Does anyone though know why they think they can be so accurate with
the height? Presumably because they took 7,000 readings?

I believe it's called "averaging". You can do the same with a normal GPS,
but I rarely bother with more than 50 readings, which takes about a minute.
Of course, they were using better equipment than a typical walkers' GPS.

Paul
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