A GPS Altimeter for Scouts

[King Mark]

I think that an altimeter that displays elevation from the GPS would be awesome. Hikers and backpackers, squarely in the outdoors demographic that Scout is targeting, are always wanting to know their elevation as they are driving to a trailhead. I'm specifying GPS elevation because standard altimeters run of barometric pressure and become inaccurate unless they are updated as pressure changes. Pilots update their altimeters (I'm a pilot) because it's critical to their jobs and because in an aviation setting, updated barometric altimeter settings are readily available. Realistically, the vast majority of drivers wouldn't update the pressure in a standard altimeter, and if not, it would become useless. In an automotive setting, GPS elevation would be much more practical because it wouldn't require updating several times a day to be reasonably accurate.

 

[SchnauzerDad]

I don’t know how the Defender altimeter works, but I love the compass window on my screen

and the elevation readings. I was watching it the other day and was kind of shocked that just running to the coffee shop I was changing 140‘ in altitude where I would have never guessed over the 5 mile journey I was changing that much.

I sure don’t really need it in the urban jungle but I could sure see someone needing that off the pavement