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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2009-09-18 19:03:41 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2009-09-18 19:03:41 +0000
commit71c9f719f558ad1163d7ec8539febf785fd81375 (patch)
tree3d9d96cd06a4fe3fca5bd8df09b4813a6070e95d /gpsd.xml
parent9de0cdc56020027502ebbf47c9b7b906ff59ff35 (diff)
downloadgpsd-71c9f719f558ad1163d7ec8539febf785fd81375.tar.gz
Added the Future page to the website portion of the repo.
Fixed some errors in the capability database.
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@@ -1045,15 +1045,14 @@ yet, only the "class" field will reliably be present.</para>
<para>Many devices compute dilution of precision factors but do nit
include them in their reports. Many that do report DOPs report only
-<structfieldname>hdop</structfieldname>, two-dimensial circular
-error. <application>gpsd</application> always passes through whatever
-the device actually reports, then attempts to fill in other DOPs by
-calculating the appropriate determinants in a covariance matrix based
-on the satellite view. DOPs may be missing if some of these
-determinants are singular. It can even happen that the device reports
-an error estimate in meters when the correspoding DOP is unavailable;
-some devices use more sophisticated error modeling than the
-covariance calculation.</para>
+HDOP, two-dimensial circular error. <application>gpsd</application>
+always passes through whatever the device actually reports, then
+attempts to fill in other DOPs by calculating the appropriate
+determinants in a covariance matrix based on the satellite view. DOPs
+may be missing if some of these determinants are singular. It can even
+happen that the device reports an error estimate in meters when the
+correspoding DOP is unavailable; some devices use more sophisticated
+error modeling than the covariance calculation.</para>
<para>The satellite list objects have the following elements:</para>