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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2010-12-20 11:43:06 -0500
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2010-12-20 11:43:06 -0500
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Typo fixes and clarifications.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
= NMEA Revealed =
Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
-v2.3, Mar 2010
+v2.4, Dec 2010
This is a list of NMEA 0183 sentences with field descriptions.
It is primarily intended to help people understand GPS reports.
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ because NMEA expects many navigational devices to feed a common serial
bus. The darta encoding is ASCII with the high data bit not used and zeroed.
Consumer-grade GPS sensors normally report over an RS232 port or a USB
-port emulating an RS232 serial device. Baud rate is variable, with
-9600 probably the most common. Most deviveces use 8N1; there are
-rare exceptions that use 7N2 (San Jose Navigation) or even 8O1 (Trimble).
+port emulating an RS232 serial device; some use Bluetooth. Baud rate
+is variable, with 9600 probably the most common. Most devices use
+8N1; there are rare exceptions that use 7N2 (San Jose Navigation) or
+even 8O1 (Trimble).
== Sentence Mixes and NMEA Variations ==
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@ no valid data for it. However, many receivers violate this. It's
common, for example, to see latitude/longitude/altitude figures filled
with zeros when the GPS has no valid data.
-Date and time in GPS is computed as number of weeks from 6 January
-1980 plus number of seconds into the week.
+Date and time in GPS is computed as number of weeks from the zero
+second of 6 January 1980, plus number of seconds into the week.
== Error status indications