How is canonical altitude calculated?

ArduPlane Plane 3.9
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Does anyone know exactly how altitude is calculated for canonical position (POS message)? I assume it’s a combination of barometer and GPS altitude data, weighted toward barometer. I’ve got ArduPlane 3.x source code, but haven’t been able to find the calculation yet.

Thanks!

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https://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/ekf2-estimation-system.html

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Excellent, thank you!

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Depends on which estimator is in charge; either an EKF or DCM will provide
the estimate going into that field.

EKF is a combination of barometer, GPS and accelerometers (tunable).

DCM is basically filtered baro.

Also - Plane’s current stable release is 4.x…

Peter

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So I can configure whether to use EKF or DCM? Can I tell from the flight log which technique was used?