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Top Elevation Caches UK - Why so wrong i.e. Not Ben Nevis at the top as expected but a drive by in Shetland

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Whilst checking top elevation to day I was shocked to find a string of drive by caches in Shetland as the top elevations all the way up to 14400feet.
in Bug reports by Just-Us-Two (330 points)
by Jakuje (Moderator) (117k points)
That explains where the data comes from, but not why the elevations reported for these caches are so wildly inaccurate. I think that's more the point of the question.
by hzoi (8.3k points)
edited by hzoi

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The link Jakuje provides partially answers the question. Not sure why the elevation data for these caches is so inaccurate, but bottom line, project-gc draws the data from elsewhere and doesn't control it's accuracy.

That of course begs the question, why use those sources if they can be so inaccurate at times? I can guess at a few reasons but will leave that to someone more in the know to answer.
by hzoi (8.3k points)
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