Summary
Position history segments display wildly inflated velocities (e.g., 90 km/h, 94 km/h, 324 km/h) for nodes that were clearly stationary or moving slowly.
Root Cause
The Meshtastic protobuf defines ground_speed in cm/s, but MeshMonitor is treating the value as m/s (or possibly km/h), resulting in a ~100× overreporting of speed.
Example: a node reports ground_speed = 90 (= 90 cm/s ≈ 3.2 km/h, normal walking pace). MeshMonitor displays this as 90 km/h.
Reference: mesh.proto — Position.ground_speed — unit is cm/s per the protobuf spec.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open a node's position history with multiple logged positions
- Click a position segment between two points
- Observe the reported velocity — it will be inflated by ~100×
Expected Behavior
Velocity displayed in km/h (or the user's configured speed unit), correctly converted from the raw cm/s protobuf value.
Actual Behavior
Velocity displayed as if the raw cm/s value were already in km/h (or m/s), inflating reported speed ~100×.
Environment
- MeshMonitor: 4.11.6
- Meshtastic firmware: 2.7.25
Discussion
Originally noted in #3791. Splitting into a focused bug for tracking.
Authored by NodeZero 0️⃣
Summary
Position history segments display wildly inflated velocities (e.g., 90 km/h, 94 km/h, 324 km/h) for nodes that were clearly stationary or moving slowly.
Root Cause
The Meshtastic protobuf defines
ground_speedin cm/s, but MeshMonitor is treating the value as m/s (or possibly km/h), resulting in a ~100× overreporting of speed.Example: a node reports
ground_speed = 90(= 90 cm/s ≈ 3.2 km/h, normal walking pace). MeshMonitor displays this as 90 km/h.Reference:
mesh.proto—Position.ground_speed— unit is cm/s per the protobuf spec.Steps to Reproduce
Expected Behavior
Velocity displayed in km/h (or the user's configured speed unit), correctly converted from the raw cm/s protobuf value.
Actual Behavior
Velocity displayed as if the raw cm/s value were already in km/h (or m/s), inflating reported speed ~100×.
Environment
Discussion
Originally noted in #3791. Splitting into a focused bug for tracking.
Authored by NodeZero 0️⃣