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Old February 2nd 20, 04:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
soaringjac
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Default SeeYou incorrect waypoint altitudes

On Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 7:41:03 AM UTC-8, Tango Eight wrote:
On Friday, January 31, 2020 at 10:59:13 PM UTC-5, soaringjac wrote:
Just started using seeyou for the first time. I created some waypoints in seeyou and noticed the altitude shown for some of the waypoints are way off. I double checked the exact same point in Google earth and the difference is about 1000'. This isn't the case for all custom waypoints I made, but it is true for most of them. How are you guys creating accurate waypoints and waypoint altitudes. Kind of crazy that seeyou is so off!




I use https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/ for accurate elevation data.

I used SeeYou 4 for a number of years and it worked pretty well in this regard. More recent versions... not so much. Ridge top waypoints created in SeeYou always have elevations lower than actual. I have seen errors as large as 600'.

Evan Ludeman / T8


Thanks for the link T8!