Apple Watch Activity Route and grey dots

melmorc

Can anyone advise me what the grey dots refer to on the route map from my outdoor runs please?

As my AW doesn't have GPS, I take my phone with me, but am not sure what the grey dots mean?

It's not when I pause to cross the road, as I don't stop (very quiet in my village when I run!).

Thanks
                                                                       

bellaxie2016

Which device are you using?

melmorc

         I take my iPhone 6s Plus with me and app,e watch is the original. I went for a walk on tues and no grey dots (and virtually did same route). My run yesterday (same route as the image in my original post) only had grey dots again but in a diff part of my route?
Route I did yesterday is above.

bellaxie2016

Sorry. I don't know the problem. Usually, the grey dot must be the stopover. But you said you never stop?

melmorc

Nope def not stopped. I'm wondering if the GPS loses signal temporarily every now and again?

GarethP

White gaps between grey dots... I'd say you're right and it's dropping the GPS signal

JC4PM

Cattle grids?  [emoji16]
Pacman power ups?  [emoji23]

I'll shut up now

Nape Dog

I have this on a lot of my runs. What I want to know is whether that section of the run is tracked as part of the overall distance. ie, on my 5km run, am i actually running 5.5km because GPS has been lost for a segment? When i'm pushing hard to improve my times, it's frustrating not actually knowing if i am better or not.
See below where the blue line represents my actual route this morning. I was just outside my PB this morning but when i checked the route, a large section was missed and I may have improved on my PB. but i'll never know....