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RMC – Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS data.
4.7 RMC – Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS data.
Frame content: Time, date, position, course, speed data.
Syntax:
$GPRMC,hhmmss.dd,S,xxmm.ddddd,<N|S>,yyymm.ddddd,<E|W>,s.s,h.h,ddmmyy,d.d,<E|W>,M*cs<CR><LF>
Example:
$GPRMC,095035.91,A,6016.3066,N,02458.3832,E,1.08,210.6,131204,6.1,E,A*0A
Position Parameter Format Designation / Units
1 hhmmss.sss UTC time of the fix.
hh = hours
mm = minutes
ss = seconds
sss = decimal part of seconds
2 S
Fix Status indicator
A = valid
V = invalid
3 xxmm.ddddd Latitude coordinate
xx = degrees
mm = minutes
ddddd = decimal part of minutes
4 <N/S> Character denoting either N = North or S =South.
5 yyymm.ddddd Longitude coordinate
yyy = degrees
mm = minutes
ddddd = decimal part of minutes
6 <E/W> Character denoting either E = East or W = West.
7 s.s Speed in knots
8 h.h Heading
9 ddmmyy UTC time of the fix.
dd = day of month
mm = month
yy = year
10 d.d Magnetic variation in degrees, i.e. difference between geometrical and
magnetic north direction.
11 <E/W> Letter denoting direction of magnetic variation.
Either E = East or W = West.
12 M Mode indicator
A = autonomous
V = data not valid