Apple Watch 3 and Fitness App Outdoor Walk Map

Calibration wouldn't help as the watch already captures time and distance accurately on my morning walks. The only thing that has changed is that I have added a network extender for my home WiFi - and the iPhone occasionally drops the WiFi connection and reverts to cell when on the charger at home. It usually reconnects quickly when I pick up the phone. This issue is only happening for my iPhone 12 - not an iPhone 11 with a second cell line (both T-Mobile). But I don't see how that can have anything to do with the gps missing part of my walk. On my walk, the iPhone will be using a cell connection (5G) here in my neighborhood. It shouldn't be using the cell network to determine location - that's what the gps is for. Very odd.

It worked correctly today. Don't know why. I did check my location a couple of times on the walk via Maps and it had my location correct then. I am going to reboot the iPhone and see if that helps and then monitor what happens going forward. I think they is some glitch in sending the information to the Fitness application. This morning when I first checked the Fitness app and looked at the map, it was correct for a second, then erased everything. I exited Fitness and then started it again and found the correct map. I though the Fitness app might show my progress as I walked - but it doesn't. Apparently, after the walk is ended, the information is sent to the Fitness app. That doesn't seem reliable.

David

Only workout and Apple Music are running on the watch. Music is the only app running on the iPhone. You are never supposed to close apps - but I do. I rebooted the iPhone yesterday and I'll see how it does today.