When using a GPS unit to display distance travelled is it the actual distance you travel that you are given?

May 15, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment
Filed under: Geography 

balans_99 asked:


Using a unit such as a garmin handheld.
For example if I hike over hills I travel a vertical and a horizontal distance. This combined would be greater than the distance I would travel if the ground was flat. Is this extra distance also calculated, or is it just the simple point to point displacement?

Tags: Displacement, Distance Travel, Gps Unit

Comments

1. Taylorsci says:

   May 18, 2009 at 3:09 am

   Its point to point.

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