How to tell your height in the air?

[DerpCat]

I could have swore gta online used to have this function, when you where in a helicopter in the air it would tell you how high up you where, but it doesnt seem to be the case anymore.

 

Am I missing something, or is there no way to tell how high up in the air?

 

EDIT: It was around 250ft

 

 

thanks for the help everyone

Edited February 25, 2016 by DerpCat

[Hunter]

Try this:

 

http://gtaforums.com/topic/838342-measuring-altitude-in-aircraft/

[normanself]

In third person? No, you just have to use your eyes. In first person there is an altimeter indicator.

There I'd a great thread on here somewhere about height in aircraft, I'm sure someone else will be able link it.

 

*ninja'd ^

Edited February 25, 2016 by normanself

[DerpCat]

In third person? No, you just have to use your eyes. In first person there is an altimeter indicator.

There I'd a great thread on here somewhere about height in aircraft, I'm sure someone else will be able link it.

Well I want to use it to measure how tall a certain building is. I'd figured aircraft was the way to do it. So how would one find this out?

Also does this count sea level?

Edited February 25, 2016 by DerpCat

[BBQ_Menace]

 

In third person? No, you just have to use your eyes. In first person there is an altimeter indicator.

There I'd a great thread on here somewhere about height in aircraft, I'm sure someone else will be able link it.

Well I want to use it to measure how tall a certain building is. I'd figured aircraft was the way to do it. So how would one find this out?

Also does this count sea level?

1. Get a helicopter

2. Land helicopter on the roof of the building you want to measure

3. Switch to first person and look at the altimeter

[TreFacTor]

 

In third person? No, you just have to use your eyes. In first person there is an altimeter indicator.

There I'd a great thread on here somewhere about height in aircraft, I'm sure someone else will be able link it.

Well I want to use it to measure how tall a certain building is. I'd figured aircraft was the way to do it. So how would one find this out?

Also does this count sea level?

it's Probably representative of an irl building so if you can find out what it is irl it should be simple to find out the rest.

[Hunter]

 

In third person? No, you just have to use your eyes. In first person there is an altimeter indicator.

There I'd a great thread on here somewhere about height in aircraft, I'm sure someone else will be able link it.

Well I want to use it to measure how tall a certain building is. I'd figured aircraft was the way to do it. So how would one find this out?

Also does this count sea level?

 

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think it measures from sea level.

[Schroebedroeber]

Land on the street and look at the altimeter if you want to from where it counts

[Maxxeine]

*Post deleted.

Edited October 8, 2017 by The7thOne

[DerpCat]

So, how high is this?

 

 

 

Also does this count sea level?

it's Probably representative of an irl building so if you can find out what it is irl it should be simple to find out the rest.

 

Its a tower on a train bridge.

[Hunter]

So, how high is this?

 

 

 

About 25 250 feet.

Edited February 25, 2016 by Icantthinkofonew

[DerpCat]

 

So, how high is this?

 

 

 

About 25 feet.

 

That cant be right, this tower is huge...

[Mattoropael]

 

 

In third person? No, you just have to use your eyes. In first person there is an altimeter indicator.

There I'd a great thread on here somewhere about height in aircraft, I'm sure someone else will be able link it.

Well I want to use it to measure how tall a certain building is. I'd figured aircraft was the way to do it. So how would one find this out?

Also does this count sea level?

 

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think it measures from sea level.

 

 

The number would be jumping all around the place if it's measuring ground level altitude.

Edited February 25, 2016 by Mattoropael

[Hunter]

 

About 25 feet.

 

 

 

 

That cant be right, this tower is huge...

 

Actually, it could be 250 feet lol. Yeah, that was an error. It's 250 feet.

Edited February 25, 2016 by Icantthinkofonew

[dead goon]

That can't be right...

 

Edit: Yeah, 250' is probably more accurate.

Edited February 25, 2016 by dead goon

[Mattoropael]

 

 

 

So, how high is this?

 

 

[image]

 

About 25 feet.

 

That cant be right, this tower is huge...

 

Actually, it could be 250 feet lol.

 

 

Seeing as the shorter hand of the dial goes up by 1 (i.e. 1000 ft) every time the longer hand does a full circle, it is ~250ft.

[DerpCat]

Okay everyone, thank you for the info, Now I'm able to title my world record high dive video.

 

Edited February 26, 2016 by DerpCat