How does track logging calculate distance in slopes?

Just interested:
Is the measured distance is the actual distance I traveled, including slopes calculation using Pithagorean theorem (or a similar method), by taking into account the height changes?
Or is it just an aerial projection of the path?

Thanks!
Yizhak

Yizhak wrote:Just interested:
Is the measured distance is the actual distance I traveled, including slopes calculation using Pithagorean theorem (or a similar method), by taking into account the height changes?
Or is it just an aerial projection of the path?

Thanks!
Yizhak

Hi;

OruxMaps uses android Location.distanceTo() method. It is a reduced distance; does not use height changes.

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