Account Units not honoured when displaying Tracklog info #bug

[Andy W]

I have the Units in my account profile set to Imperial (mi, GB):

When I display a Tracklog using the website, the minimum and maximum height use Imperial units:

However, the app displays the same Tracklog height details in Metric:

Regards
Andy

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Andy-W No bug! The answer is as logical as it is simple: both the website (Routeplanner) and the app have a settings menu. According to the images you attached, you have the distance unit set to metric in the app and to imperial (GB or US) in the Routeplanner.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@nick-carthew so would it make sense that imperial GB does show metric for altitude?

But then @Andy-W would expect feet for altitude when using imperial US.

I have no clue here what is expected cause even the countries using imperial aren’t consistent. It’s always a 9mm gun but never a 0.3 inch gun

[Andy W]

@Rob-Verhoeff said in Account Units not honoured when displaying Tracklog info #bug:

No bug! The answer is as logical as it is simple: both the website (Routeplanner) and the app have a settings menu. According to the images you attached, you have the distance unit set to metric in the app and to imperial (GB or US) in the Routeplanner.

No. The settings are the same in both and I would expect them to be as it is a single account for MRA.

Regards
Andy

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Andy-W Okay, didn't expect that. I can only reproduce this when settings are different... or am I overlooking something?

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Rob-Verhoeff altitudes within the app are always displayed in meters it seems

[Rob Verhoeff]

@Corjan-Meijerink Yes, I see it now. Definitely not something I would have noticed like that. I had only changed the notation in the planner and then saw that the app was showing meters. But apparently, it is a bug.

@Andy-W sorry about the misunderstanding

[Corjan Meijerink]

For me it’s just not always understanding when imperial uses what unit

That’s why I asked @nick-carthew on the GB view. If the consensus is indeed that US imperial always want feet for altitude, sure thing

[Con Hennekens]

I would say it's about time they get used to metric, like we all are used to English. Do something in return!

[Brian McG]

@Con-Hennekens sorry we are not adopting the kilometer, unless of course europe is prepared to start driving on the left/correct side of the road

if it is a binary choice, imperial or metric, then IMO the imperial choice should result in the altitude being in feet
it makes no sense to choose imperial & then find the result is in meters

the alternative is to make it a non-binary choice by allowing the units for speed, distance & altitude to be chosen independently but this probably will be at the expense of complicating the UI & backend code

[Nick Carthew]

@Corjan-Meijerink The UK use whatever measurements suit us best

In the UK feet and inches are used for height measurements and yards and miles are used for distance.

The US use feet and inches for height and feet and miles for distance.