gps-details

Garmin Developer Tips - Fix Quality

Background

The Toybox.Position module provides a GNSS fix quality indicator.

Name Value Description Sats HDOP
QUALITY_NOT_AVAILABLE 0 GPS is not available    
QUALITY_LAST_KNOWN 1 The Location is based on the last known GPS fix.    
QUALITY_POOR 2 The Location was calculated with a poor GPS fix. Only a 2-D GPS fix is available, likely due to a limited number of tracked satellites. 3  
QUALITY_USABLE 3 The Location was calculated with a usable GPS fix. A 3-D GPS fix is available, with marginal HDOP (horizontal dilution of precision) >= 4 > 3.0
QUALITY_GOOD 4 The Location was calculated with a good GPS fix. A 3-D GPS fix is available, with good-to-excellent HDOP (horizontal dilution of precision). >= 4 <= 3.0

Recommendations

In addition to recording the GNSS fix quality in the FIT file (see further details), it is recommended that the user be made aware of the fix quality. Only two colors / categories should be presented to the user.