COBHAM SAILOR 6560, User Manual

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Chapter 2: Operation
14 Position
COG/SOG section
This section displays the Course Over Ground (COG) and the Speed Over
Ground (SOG). The COG and SOG are calculated together with the position
and are only shown when the position is updated.
COG is the average direction travelled in the time set by COG Smoothing
(
DGNSS > Settings > General > COG Smoothing
).
SOG is the average speed, calculated over the SOG Smoothing time
(
DGNSS > Settings > General > SOG Smoothing
).
Quality tab
The
Quality
tab provides more detailed information about the current
position.
•
Satellites in view
shows the number of satellites above the minimum
elevation mask.
•
Satellites in use
shows the number of satellites used for calculating
the position.
•
Correction age
is the age of the currently applied differential
corrections.
•
Correction reference
is the reference ID of the radio beacon station
in use.
Figure 14: COG/SOG section