I’ve just finished scoring today’s test run with the Polar Ignite and the Suunto 5. The Suunto 5 briefly, just briefly, took the accuracy crown away from the Ambit 3. HEADS UP: Suunto 5 Review I’ll cover the IGNITE first…it’s easier: I like the Polar Ignite as an overall package aimed at being a “fitness…
The results of some recent GPS tests were worthy of a post of their own for once. For those of you with Polar and Suunto devices here are some important and provisional findings. It’s been a busy week for things to test. As well, I had some old data to go through. Busy. Busy. What’s…
This article looks at accuracy issues surrounding GALILEO positional tracking on sports devices but the principle applies to other uses of GALILEO satellites. GALILEO – What’s the big deal? Positional accuracy should really be described in terms of GNSS. We use the term GPS which really refers to the US system of satellites that we…
Currently, many sports devices use GPS for positioning. There is a constellation of up to 31/32 GPS satellites at any one time doing their thing. Not all are operational at any one time. GPS is the name specifically for the American positioning system. It’s fairly hard to get GPS accuracy below 5m, indeed the precision of GPS…
