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index 1c868b61..98fcdc96 100644
--- a/man/gpsd_json.xml
+++ b/man/gpsd_json.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-clause
<!ENTITY gpsdsock "/var/run/gpsd.sock">
]>
<refentry id='gpsd_json.5'>
-<refentryinfo><date>17 Jun 2018</date></refentryinfo>
+<refentryinfo><date>23 Mar 2019</date></refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>gpsd_json</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
@@ -135,98 +135,134 @@ Others may be reported or not depending on the fix quality.</para>
is not 2 or 3.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>ept</entry>
+ <entry>alt</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Estimated timestamp error (%f, seconds, 95% confidence).
- Present if time is present.</entry>
+ <entry>Altitude in meters. Present if mode is 3.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>lat</entry>
+ <entry>climb</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Latitude in degrees: +/- signifies North/South. Present
- when mode is 2 or 3.</entry>
+ <entry>Climb (positive) or sink (negative) rate, meters per
+ second.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>lon</entry>
+ <entry>epc</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Longitude in degrees: +/- signifies East/West. Present
- when mode is 2 or 3.</entry>
+ <entry>Estimated climb error in meters per second. Present
+ if consecutive 3D fixes.
+ Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>alt</entry>
+ <entry>epd</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Altitude in meters. Present if mode is 3.</entry>
+ <entry>Estimated track (direction) error in degrees. Present if
+ sonsecutive 2D fixes.
+ Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+ <entry>eph</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ <entry>numeric</entry>
+ <entry>Estimated horizontal Position (2D) Error in meters.
+ Also known as Estimated Position Error (epe). Present
+ if mode is 2D or 3D and DOPs can be calculated from the satellite
+ view. Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+ <entry>ept</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ <entry>numeric</entry>
+ <entry>Estimated timestamp error (%f, seconds, 95% confidence).
+ Present if time is present.</entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+ <entry>epv</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ <entry>numeric</entry>
+ <entry>Estimated vertical error in meters. Present
+ if mode is 3 and DOPs can be calculated from the satellite
+ view. Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>epx</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Longitude error estimate in meters, 95% confidence. Present
- if mode is 2 or 3 and DOPs can be calculated from the satellite
- view.</entry>
+ <entry>Longitude error estimate in meters. Present
+ if mode is 2D or 3D and DOPs can be calculated from the satellite
+ view. Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>epy</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Latitude error estimate in meters, 95% confidence. Present
+ <entry>Latitude error estimate in meters. Present
if mode is 2 or 3 and DOPs can be calculated from the satellite
- view.</entry>
+ view. Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>epv</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Estimated vertical error in meters, 95% confidence. Present
+ <entry>Estimated vertical error in meters. Present
if mode is 3 and DOPs can be calculated from the satellite
- view.</entry>
+ view. Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>track</entry>
+ <entry>eps</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Course over ground, degrees from true north.</entry>
+ <entry>Estimated speed error in meters per second. Present
+ for consecutive 2D or 3D fixes.
+ Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>magtrack</entry>
+ <entry>lat</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Course over ground, degrees magnetic.</entry>
+ <entry>Latitude in degrees: +/- signifies North/South. Present
+ when mode is 2 or 3.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>speed</entry>
- <entry>No</entry>
- <entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Speed over ground, meters per second.</entry>
+ <entry>leapseconds</entry>
+ <entry>integer</entry>
+ <entry><para>Current leap seconds.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>climb</entry>
+ <entry>lon</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Climb (positive) or sink (negative) rate, meters per
- second.</entry>
+ <entry>Longitude in degrees: +/- signifies East/West. Present
+ when mode is 2 or 3.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>epd</entry>
+ <entry>track</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Direction error estimate in degrees, 95% confidence.</entry>
+ <entry>Course over ground, degrees from true north.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>eps</entry>
+ <entry>magtrack</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Speed error estinmate in meters/sec, 95% confidence.</entry>
+ <entry>Course over ground, degrees magnetic.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>epc</entry>
+ <entry>speed</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Climb/sink error estimate in meters/sec, 95% confidence.</entry>
+ <entry>Speed over ground, meters per second.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ecefx</entry>
@@ -276,6 +312,15 @@ Others may be reported or not depending on the fix quality.</para>
<entry>numeric</entry>
<entry>ECEF velocity error in meters/second.</entry>
</row>
+<row>
+ <entry>sep</entry>
+ <entry>No</entry>
+ <entry>numeric</entry>
+ <entry>Estimated Spherical (3D) Position Error in meters.
+ Present if mode is 3D and DOPs can be calculated from the satellite
+ view. Assumed to be 95% confidence, but many GPS do not specify.
+ </entry>
+</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -335,26 +380,27 @@ yet, only the "class" field will reliably be present.</para>
fractional part of up to .001sec precision.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>xdop</entry>
+ <entry>gdop</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Longitudinal dilution of precision, a dimensionless
- factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get an
- error estimate.</entry>
+ <entry>Geometric (hyperspherical) dilution of precision, a
+ combination of PDOP and TDOP. A dimensionless factor which
+ should be multiplied by a base UERE
+ to get an error estimate.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>ydop</entry>
+ <entry>hdop</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Latitudinal dilution of precision, a dimensionless
- factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get an
- error estimate.</entry>
+ <entry>Horizontal dilution of precision, a dimensionless
+ factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get a
+ circular error estimate.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>vdop</entry>
+ <entry>pdop</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Altitude dilution of precision, a dimensionless
+ <entry>Position (spherical/3D) dilution of precision, a dimensionless
factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get an
error estimate.</entry>
</row>
@@ -367,26 +413,26 @@ yet, only the "class" field will reliably be present.</para>
error estimate.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>hdop</entry>
+ <entry>vdop</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Horizontal dilution of precision, a dimensionless
- factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get a
- circular error estimate.</entry>
+ <entry>Vertical (altitude) dilution of precision, a dimensionless
+ factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get an
+ error estimate.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>pdop</entry>
+ <entry>xdop</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Spherical dilution of precision, a dimensionless
+ <entry>Longitudinal dilution of precision, a dimensionless
factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get an
error estimate.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>gdop</entry>
+ <entry>ydop</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>numeric</entry>
- <entry>Hyperspherical dilution of precision, a dimensionless
+ <entry>Latitudinal dilution of precision, a dimensionless
factor which should be multiplied by a base UERE to get an
error estimate.</entry>
</row>