This simple widget tries to provide an easy way to see your current altitude (elevation).</p><p></p><p>By default my vívoactive® HR can only show elevation as a data field in an activity app. I sometimes find it useful to know my altitude separately from an activity data screen. This widget attempts to provide this. It simply reads and displays the device's current altimeter value.</p><p></p><p>The altitude is shown in metres or feet according to your device settings. You change the units by changing the device settings. For example on my vívoactive® HR I follow Settings - System - Units - Elevation - Feet/Meters. </p>
Rebuilt with SDK 3.1.4. Added simple Glances mode display for fēnix 6 Series (Version 1.2.0)</p><p>Rebuilt for new models including fēnix 6, Venu and vívoactive 4 with SDK 3.1.3 (Version 1.1.0)</p><p></p><p>Added support for D2 Series & MARQ Collection (Version 1.0.0.b)</p><p>Rebuilt with SDK 3.0.11 Added new devices
This app requires access to:
Approach® S60 
Captain Marvel 
D2™ Bravo 
D2™ Bravo Titanium 
D2™ Charlie 
D2™ Delta 
D2™ Delta PX 
D2™ Delta S 
Darth Vader™ 
Descent™ Mk1 
Edge® 1000 
Edge® 1030 
Edge® 1030, Bontrager 
Edge® 520 
Edge® 520 Plus 
Edge® 530 
Edge® 820 Edge® 830 
Edge® Explore 
Edge® Explore 1000 
Edge® Explore 820 
First Avenger 
ForeAthlete® 230J 
ForeAthlete® 235J 
ForeAthlete® 630J 
ForeAthlete® 735XTJ 
ForeAthlete® 920XTJ 
Forerunner® 230 
Forerunner® 235 
Forerunner® 245 
Forerunner® 245 Music 
Forerunner® 630 
Forerunner® 645 
Forerunner® 645 Music 
Forerunner® 735XT 
Forerunner® 920XT 
Forerunner® 935 
Forerunner® 945 
fēnix® 3, quatix® 3, tactix® Bravo 
fēnix® 3 HR 
fēnix® 5, quatix® 5 
fēnix® 5 Plus 
fēnix® 5S 
fēnix® 5S Plus 
fēnix® 5X, tactix® Charlie 
fēnix® 5X Plus 
fēnix® 6 
fēnix® 6 Pro, fēnix® 6 Sapphire 
fēnix® 6S 
fēnix® 6S Pro, fēnix® 6S Sapphire 
fēnix® 6X Pro, fēnix® 6X Sapphire, fēnix® 6X Pro Solar, tactix® Delta Sapphire 
fēnix® Chronos 
GPSMAP® 66i 
GPSMAP® 66s / 66st 
GPSMAP® 86i 
GPSMAP® 86s 
GPSMAP® 86sc 
GPSMAP® 86sci 
MARQ™ Adventurer 
MARQ™ Athlete 
MARQ™ Aviator 
MARQ™ Captain 
MARQ™ Commander 
MARQ™ Driver 
MARQ™ Expedition 
Oregon® 7 Series 
Rey™ 
Rino® 7 Series 
Venu 
vívoactive® 
vívoactive® 3 
vívoactive® 3 Mercedes-Benz® Collection 
vívoactive® 3 Music 
vívoactive® 4, GarminActive 
vívoactive® 4S, GarminActive S 
vívoactive® HR fabio
January 6, 2020 | Version 1.2.0
Vedo altitudine ma non in metri..e' possibile cambiare unita' di misura sul garmin xt 735?
Danel
October 6, 2019 | Version 1.2.0
Altitud no disponible en mi fénix 735
Developer Reply
October 7, 2019, simonletts
Thanks for your review. I guess the 735 only supports altitude from GPS and you didn't have 3D fix. Unfortunately, as I only have access to my own watch, I don't know the capabilities of all the other possible devices. A shame, I'm sorry it doesn't work for you.
Ellie
October 1, 2019 | Version 1.2.0
Developer Reply
October 2, 2019, simonletts
Please contact me first if you have a problem. As the description says, the widget simply displays the altitude returned from the Garmin firmware. If your watch hasn't been calibrated, can't be calibrated or doesn't have access to altitude, unfortunately the results will be poor. The app has no way of knowing if the value it gets from the underlying hardware is good or bad.
OLivier
August 7, 2019 | Version 1.0.0.b
It does not work with my Forerunner 735 XT. I just can see 0000
Developer Reply
August 7, 2019, simonletts
I'm sorry the app doesn't work with your watch. It just displays what the Garmin system gives it. If there's no data available it should display 0000 and a message in the top label. Unfortunately, as I only have a Vivoactive HR that is the only real device I can test.
FranzIT
June 4, 2019 | Version 1.0.0.b
Funziona perfettamente sul mio Vivoactive HR. Ottimo lavoro, grazie!
Christian Vauthey
May 31, 2019 | Version 1.0.0.b
Ne fonctionne simplement pas même après avoir débuté une activité comme recommandé par le développeur.
Dori Shapira
May 26, 2019 | Version 1.0.0.b
Question: I have a VA3. It says "No altitude 0000" Do you have any kind of error codes analysis? I believe it's my watch to blame. I also cannot see floors climbed, and battery drains quickly. Thanks
Rob Anderson 🏴
April 10, 2019 | Version 1.0.0
Ryan England
April 8, 2019 | Version 1.0.0
It uses up all your battery. It must be always connected to GPS, as my watch runs out of battery within a day after installing this widget. Before I would last at least 4 days
Developer Reply
April 8, 2019, simonletts
I'm really sorry you have issues with my widget. It certainly isn't intended to be permanently connected to GPS. It simply reads the altitude once and displays it. After a short period, as it's a widget, it should time out anyway. It's been installed on my Vivoactive HR for several weeks with no problems but that has a barometric altimeter. Please contact me directly through the Contact Developer link and I'll see if there's anything I can do to help.
Guido Goldfisch
April 3, 2019 | Version 1.0.0
I always wanted to program exactly this big character display for my VHR – now you did it. Thank you so much. Could you add sunrise and sunset with the same font size?
Developer Reply
May 3, 2019, simonletts
Well the trouble is, if I added anything it wouldn't be Simply Altitude any more! So, instead of adding, I've made a separate "Simply Daylight" widget (https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/da49e757-95ad-4151-bcf1-498a857a50e6). It shows sunrise & sunset in large font, just like you suggested. I hope it works for you.
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