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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-02-10 09:07:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-02-10 09:07:05 +0000 |
| commit | b3e5653c4a041d51a00763b3658b70b84cf2bc64 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ffdb1c308910801351263615254eb4aadbc8a18 /gpsprof.xml | |
| parent | 8043d33a257b5ee5a090a7a81123c025fde09399 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-b3e5653c4a041d51a00763b3658b70b84cf2bc64.tar.gz | |
Manual pages now refer to each other appropriately.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gpsprof.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gpsprof.xml b/gpsprof.xml index db229cd6..df29d30c 100644 --- a/gpsprof.xml +++ b/gpsprof.xml @@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ <para><application>gpsprof</application> measures the various latencies between a GPS and its client. It draws an illustrative -graph. It can be told to save the raw profile data.</para> +graph. It can also be told to save the raw profile data. The +information it provides can be useful for establishing an upper bound +on latency, and thus on position accuracy of a GPS in motion, +especially in combination with the static-precision reports from +<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpsprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. +</para> <para><application>gpsprof</application> uses instrumentation built into <application>gpsd</application> that will only be present if @@ -59,7 +64,15 @@ large latencies at the beginning of a session.</para> <term>strip</term> <listitem> <para>Plot filtered data. Sentences with an apparent latency larger -than 1 second are discarded. This is the default.</para> +than 1 second are discarded.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>split</term> +<listitem> +<para>Plot filtered data. Sentences with an apparent latency larger +than 1 second are discarded. Each sentence has its RS232 latency +time coloredv differently. This is the default.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |