I always observe that my distance is always longer than my friend on the same course
For exemple : this WE I ran “20km de Paris”, my Strava dispay 20,92km instead of 20km !
It’s a huge error around 5%
If I try to correct it by strava it’s worst with 22km !
I shared with you all my gpx file, maybe it can help to understand and I hope find a solution
Thanks
Loïc
Best answer by Jana_S
Hi @loicv,
a phone will never be perfectly accurate - if accuracy is important for you, you might want to consider getting a smart/sports watch (e.g. Apple Watch, Coros, Garmin or such).
If you want to keep using a phone, you may try to minimise the error by carrying it in a way that won't block gps reception (e.g. not buried in a backpack), here's some more tips:
a phone will never be perfectly accurate - if accuracy is important for you, you might want to consider getting a smart/sports watch (e.g. Apple Watch, Coros, Garmin or such).
If you want to keep using a phone, you may try to minimise the error by carrying it in a way that won't block gps reception (e.g. not buried in a backpack), here's some more tips: