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[Request]: support read absolute altitude

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
dart, flutter, ios
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Start by reviewing the sensors_plus plugin structure and Apple's CMAltimeter documentation for startAbsoluteAltitudeUpdates. Determine how the proposed absolute-altitude capability should fit the plugin's existing API and platform support, then identify the relevant tests needed to verify the completed feature.

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Description

enhancement triage
Plugin

sensors_plus

Use case

to track user's absolute altitude changes

Proposal

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmaltimeter/3746858-startabsolutealtitudeupdates

From Apple's documentation, CMAltimeter supports read absolute altitude. Is it appropriate to add this feature to sensors_plus

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Dart
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