I just received an advertisement.
I suppose it is worthless.
Questions are:
- Acquisition rate?
- GPS? If GPS available, quality of GPS measurements?
- Accuracy of time stamp? Still rounded at the second or milliseconds are also recorded? Is internal clock synchronized to GPS? Is it recording GPS coordinates when tacking picture or when finishing recording it on the SD?
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GPS is back
Further to Gopro Hero 13 en 15 characters - #3 by filipc : https://gopro.com/en/be/shop/cameras/learn/hero13black/CHDHX-131-master.html?tab=tech-specs doesn’t list “GPS”? Although it may be available in one of the remote control modules.
From the info I can find online, 13 just seems like 12 plus minimal changes and readded GPS. Same sensor and processor, so only changes would be artificially locked behind software. I cannot find any info on how good the GPS actually is. I do not think it is dual band. From what I can tell, it’s the same “GPS9” as earlier 9+ models. It says 10 Hz in spec, but that seems to be a “lie” and interpolated. So it’s likely just as occasionally extremely horrible as before. I cannot see myself using it at its current state when dual-band GPS phones are so much better now.
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I’ve a Hero 13 since this weekend, but the Windows version of the uploader can’t read the GPS info inside. With a extractor tool it’s possible to get the GPX file. @boris is the Hero 13 not supported?
@nikola - does the current version of Desktop Uploader already include the mapillary_tools version which added Hero 13 support? Or is that coming in the upcoming release?
Hero 13 support is coming in the next release which will be out soon.
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That is better than never.
An update from my side; I returned the Hero 13, the GPS is buggy as hell, not workable. Not even with a clear sky it is not possible to get a GPS lock, sometimes it takes 10 minutes and when you’re moving the GPS is gone again. It drives me crazy. The GPS of the Hero 9 and Max are working fine on the same route.
On Reddit are also complaints about the GPS reception of the 13. I ordered a Max 2025, curious if that one is working fine… 
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for testing! 
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s, and everything else new, it is best to wait until after they pushed the first face lift/refresh or firmware update before you buy. I am pretty sure things will smooth out for the HERO 13 with following firmware updates because it basically is the same hardware as HEROs 11 & 12.
I can fully attest to that! The MAX’s GPS is almost impeccable. Its GPS lock on time is extremely short and precision really great, even in urban canyons or natural vallys. So far, the most impressive consumer product in this regards I have ever dealt with.
Hero 13 has different hardware than the 11 and 12, the 12 doesn’t have GPS. The 13 has a new type of battery. The CMOS sensor is still the same, but the GPS hardware is less than the 11 or before, unfortunately…
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