Altitude question

[Attroll]

This may be a dumb question, but I and not sure.
If I raise my drone to 300 feet, is that 300 feet from where it started on the ground?
I am assuming that this is what it means.

With that said if I start flying at 300 feet, I assume it will stay at that level and does not go up and down as the terrain goes up and down.

 

[MA2 317]

That is correct.

300 feet from launch point and will remain at 300 feet and will not follow the terrain.

If you launch from the top of a hill and fly down below the launch point, it should read a negative altitude.

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