Account Units not honoured when displaying Tracklog info #bug

[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.

[Corjan Meijerink]

So changing altitude readings to feet it is then

[Nick Carthew]

@Corjan-Meijerink said in Account Units not honoured when displaying Tracklog info #bug:

So changing altitude readings to feet it is then

Yes please.

[Corjan Meijerink]

Fixed in the next update

[ErikMatthezing]

It would be best if the whole world would embrace the Metric system, much easier in every way. Especially for programmers

[Con Hennekens]

@ErikMatthezing, they don't know it yet, but they will in the end
You see that most new technical fields metric is the norm already in the US also.
UK I don't know really, maybe they are more stubborn then others
(of course all this is meant humoristically!)

[Nick Carthew]

@Con-Hennekens said in [Account Units not honoured when displaying Tracklog info #bug]

UK I don't know really, maybe they are more stubborn then others

All you foreigners will be dreaming in English and driving on the correct side of the road before we drop our imperial system. It’s what makes us unique.
12 inches =0.305 metres or 1 foot
36 inches =0.914 metres or 1 yard
1760 yards =1,609.344 metres or 1 mile

It’s simple, no need for decimal points

[Con Hennekens]

@Nick-Carthew, haha... you cannot even get the . and , right...

[Andy W]

@Nick-Carthew said in Account Units not honoured when displaying Tracklog info #bug:

12 inches =0.305 metres or 1 foot
36 inches =0.914 metres or 1 yard
1760 yards =1,609.344 metres or 1 mile

It’s simple, no need for decimal points

There are a few more essential elements to the imperial system that everyone should understand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7x-RGfd0Yk

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Nick-Carthew there's a reason why it's called driving on the right side of the road

[Con Hennekens]

I want to apologize to @Andy-W for hijacking this thread
These (affectionate) flamwars always trigger something

[Nick Carthew]

@Andy-W My point exactly, it's easy when you know how

[Nick Carthew]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom said in Account Units not honoured when displaying Tracklog info #bug:

@Nick-Carthew there's a reason why it's called driving on the right side of the road

We drive on the correct side because it means that your sword arm is ready to strike

[Corjan Meijerink]

As said fixed in the upcoming (unscheduled) update.
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