Lumia 925 - GPS inaccurate after WP8.1 update

I have been using my Lumia 925 to track my jogs for half a year (using Sportstracker and Endomondo apps). Also, I use a separate sports clock with GPS. My phone and the sports clock have been givin really similar results. Couple of weeks back I updated my phone with WP8.1. After the update, my Lumia 925 has started giving me much longer distances (about 500 metres difference on a 10 km run) on my jogs compared to the sports clock. When looking into the tracked routes of the runs on the map, it can be clearly seen that the route is not as accurate as they used to be.
Did the WP8.1 update do some changes to the GPS finctionality, and how this issue could be solved?

interesting. not sure if any behaviour has changed with the WP8.1 update, but have u checked you are up to date with the latest firmware version and also the latest Nokia system app updates from the Store?also try performing a soft reset, and see if anyone else has reported this bug to SportsTracker or Endomondo.

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