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Old 3rd Nov 2015, 22:50
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Originally Posted by Vinnie Boombatz
Implication is that the altitude and groundspeed are from GPS. No air data.
No, ADS-B altitude is normally barometric, although there is provision in the spec for sending GNSS height.

Groundspeed is, of course, GPS-derived, as is true track. FR24 appear to use the terms "track" and "heading" interchangeably, though if they are decoding EHS data they ought to have access to both (and IAS, too).
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