
ET-314AC
High Performance GPS Engine Board
2010/4/1
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are geodetic WGS84 directions relative to true North.
VTG - Course Over Ground and Ground Speed
Note – Fields marked in italic
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apply only to NMEA version 2.3 (and later) in this NMEA
message description
Table A-7 contains the values for the following example:
$GPVTG,309.62,T,,M,0.13,N,0.2,K,A*23
Table A-7 RMC Data Format
Name Example
Units
Description
Message ID
$GPVTG
VTG protocol header
Course 309.62
degrees Measured
heading
Reference T
True
Course
degrees Measured
heading
Reference
M
Magnetic
1
Speed
0.13
knots
Measured horizontal speed
Units N
Knots
Speed
0.2
Km/hr
Measured horizontal speed
Units
K
Kilometers per hour
Mode
A
A=Autonomous, D=DGPS, E=DR
N=Output Data Not Valid
Checksum *23
<CR><LF>
End of message termination
SiRF Technology Inc. does not support magnetic declination. All “course over ground” data are
geodetic WGS84 directions.