Common NMEA 0183 sentences
GGA Global Positioning System Fix Data. Time, Position and fix related data for a GPS receiver
$--GGA,hhmmss.ss,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x,xx,x.x,x.x,M,x.x,M,x.x,xxxx*hh
1) Time (UTC)
2) Latitude
3) N or S (North or South)
4) Longitude
5) E or W (East or West)
6) GPS Quality Indicator,
0 - fix not available,
1 - GPS fix,
2 - Differential GPS fix
7) Number of satellites in view, 00 - 12
8) Horizontal Dilution of precision
9) Antenna Altitude above/below mean-sea-level (geoid)
10) Units of antenna altitude, meters
11) Geoidal separation, the difference between the WGS-84 earth
ellipsoid and mean-sea-level (geoid), "-" means mean-sea-level below ellipsoid
12) Units of geoidal separation, meters
13) Age of differential GPS data, time in seconds since last SC104
type 1 or 9 update, null field when DGPS is not used
14) Differential reference station ID, 0000-1023
15) Checksum
GLL Geographic Position ¨C Latitude/Longitude
$--GLL,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,hhmmss.ss,A*hh
1) Latitude
2) N or S (North or South)
3) Longitude
4) E or W (East or West)
5) Time (UTC)
6) Status A - Data Valid, V - Data Invalid
7) Checksum
GSA GPS DOP and active satellites
$--GSA,a,a,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,x.x,x.x,x.x*hh
1) Selection mode
2) Mode
3) ID of 1st satellite used for fix
4) ID of 2nd satellite used for fix
...
14) ID of 12th satellite used for fix
15) PDOP in meters
16) HDOP in meters
17) VDOP in meters
18) Checksum
GSV Satellites in view
$--GSV,x,x,x,x,x,x,x,...*hh
1) total number of messages
2) message number
3) satellites in view
4) satellite number
5) elevation in degrees
6) azimuth in degrees to true
7) SNR in dB
more satellite infos like 4)-7)
n) Checksum
RMC Recommended Minimum Navigation Information
$--RMC,hhmmss.ss,A,llll.ll,a,yyyyy.yy,a,x.x,x.x,xxxx,x.x,a*hh
1) Time (UTC)
2) Status, V = Navigation receiver warning
3) Latitude
4) N or S
5) Longitude
6) E or W
7) Speed over ground, knots
8) Track made good, degrees true
9) Date, ddmmyy
10) Magnetic Variation, degrees
11) E or W
12) Checksum
VTG Track Made Good and Ground Speed
$--VTG,x.x,T,x.x,M,x.x,N,x.x,K*hh
1) Track Degrees
2) T = True
3) Track Degrees
4) M = Magnetic
5) Speed Knots
6) N = Knots
7) Speed Kilometers Per Hour
8) K = Kilometres Per Hour
9) Checksum
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NMEA0183.pdf
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AzimuthElevation.pdf
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AZimuth and Elevation