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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-07-08 19:23:27 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-07-08 19:23:27 +0000
commitf4ea08286cf514a86f643a2fdb1c315fa6454468 (patch)
treec676ab1e5c98c3eec5d35893dd0241f455a799c6 /gpsd.xml
parente357ace3e57bffd3f9562cc1ff141fe3637c3832 (diff)
downloadgpsd-f4ea08286cf514a86f643a2fdb1c315fa6454468.tar.gz
Try to fix Oleg's automake problem. More doc fixes.
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diff --git a/gpsd.xml b/gpsd.xml
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--- a/gpsd.xml
+++ b/gpsd.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ part will vary and may be absent.</para></listitem>
<term>e</term>
<listitem>
<para>Returns "E=%f %f %f": three estimated position errors in meters
-&mdash; total, horizontal, and vertical (1-sigma or 66% confidence
+&mdash; total, horizontal, and vertical (95% confidence
level). Note: many GPSes do not supply these numbers. When the
GPS does not supply them, <application>gpsd</application> computes
them from satellite DOP using fixed figures for expected non-DGPS
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ fractional part of up to .01sec precision.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term>time error</term>
-<listitem><para>Estimated timestamp error (%f, seconds).</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Estimated timestamp error (%f, seconds,
+95% confidence).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -365,20 +366,20 @@ of the O command reported this field in knots.</para></listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term>estimated error in course over ground</term>
-<listitem><para>Error estimate for course (%f, degrees).</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Error estimate for course (%f, degrees, 95% confidence).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>estimated error in speed over ground</term>
-<listitem><para>Error estimate for speed (%f, meters/sec). Note: older
-versions of the O command reported this field in
+<listitem><para>Error estimate for speed (%f, meters/sec, 95%
+confidence). Note: older versions of the O command reported this field in
knots.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>climb/sink</term>
<listitem><para>Estimated error for climb/sink
-(%f, meters/sec).</para></listitem>
+(%f, meters/sec, 95% confidence).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>