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Simply Altitude

Description

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>

What’s New

Rebuilt with SDK 3.1.7. Added support for new models (Version 1.2.0.a)</p><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

Additional Information

Permissions

This app requires access to:

  • Sensor data (i.e., ANT+, heart rate, compass)
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Average Rating: (16 Ratings)
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Sybrand Vries
March 5, 2020 | Version 1.2.0.a

Nice widget. Exactly what I was looking for. Uses the altimeter of the watch which is calibrated when gps is operational so don’t blame the widget when the value is wrong, just put on the gps and wait

Developer Reply
March 5, 2020, simonletts

Thanks for your review. I'm glad you understand how to use it! As you say, if the watch isn't calibrated the widget will show the wrong value.

Roland Rohde
February 29, 2020 | Version 1.2.0.a

It shows an altitude of 1300m on my Garmin Vivoactive 4S which is about 1000m too much...

Developer Reply
March 1, 2020, simonletts

As the description says, the widget simply reads and displays the watch's own sensor value. What you see is what the Garmin system provides. An uncalibrated watch gives poor results. I understand some watches are worse than others.

SR
January 26, 2020 | Version 1.2.0

Nice widget. It calculates the altitude perfectly

Developer Reply
March 1, 2020, simonletts

Thanks for your kind review. Fortunately, it seems, your watch - like my own - returns good altimeter sensor values.

fabio
January 6, 2020 | Version 1.2.0

Vedo altitudine ma non in metri..e' possibile cambiare unita' di misura sul garmin xt 735?

Developer Reply
January 7, 2020, simonletts

Before leaving a poor review please contact me directly with any questions. As I said in the description the app uses the units set for the watch.

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

About 2,000ft off

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!

Developer Reply
June 5, 2019, simonletts

Grazie per la tua gentile recensione.

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.

Developer Reply
May 31, 2019, simonletts

Je suis désolé que mon app ne marche pas sur votre montre. Je ne peux tester qu'avec mon VAHR. "Contact Developer" avec votre e-mail, pour plus d'aide.

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

Developer Reply
May 30, 2019, simonletts

You could try starting an activity, letting it run for a short while and then seeing if the altitude & floors climbed show sensible results. If you use the Contact Developer link and include your email address I'll see if there's anything more I can do.

Rob Anderson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
April 10, 2019 | Version 1.0.0

Works perfectly on the Vivoactive 3 Music

Developer Reply
April 12, 2019, simonletts

Thanks for your review and rating. I'm very happy to hear it works well on your watch.

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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