lejos.gps
Class RMCSentence

java.lang.Object
  lejos.gps.NMEASentence
      lejos.gps.RMCSentence

public class RMCSentence
extends NMEASentence

RMC is a Class designed to manage RMC Sentences from a NMEA GPS Receiver RMC - NMEA has its own version of essential gps pvt (position, velocity, time) data. It is called RMC, The Recommended Minimum, which will look similar to: $GPRMC,123519,A,4807.038,N,01131.000,E,022.4,084.4,230394,003.1,W*6A Where: RMC Recommended Minimum sentence C 123519 Fix taken at 12:35:19 UTC A Status A=active or V=Void. 4807.038,N Latitude 48 deg 07.038' N 01131.000,E Longitude 11 deg 31.000' E 022.4 Speed over the ground in knots 084.4 Track angle in degrees True 230394 Date - 23rd of March 1994 003.1,W Magnetic Variation *6A The checksum data, always begins with *

Author:

Juan Antonio Brenha Moral (major recoding by BB)

Field Summary

static String

HEADER

Fields inherited from class lejos.gps.NMEASentence

nmeaSentence, st

Constructor Summary

RMCSentence()

Method Summary

float	getCompassDegrees() Return compass value from GPS
int	getDate() Get date in integer format
String	getHeader() Returns the NMEA header for this sentence.
double	getLatitudeRAW() Get Latitude
double	getLongitudeRAW() Get Longitude
String	getMagneticVariation()
float	getSpeed() Get Speed in Kilometers
protected void	parse(String sentence) Parse RMC Sentence $GPRMC,081836,A,3751.65,S,14507.36,E,000.0,360.0,130998,011.3,E*62

Methods inherited from class lejos.gps.NMEASentence

checkRefresh, degreesMinToDegrees, getTimeStamp, isValid, setSentence

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

HEADER

public static final String HEADER

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RMCSentence

public RMCSentence()

Method Detail

getHeader

public String getHeader()

Returns the NMEA header for this sentence.

Specified by:

getHeader in class NMEASentence

Returns:

The NMEA header string ($GPGGA, $GPVTG, etc...)

getLatitudeRAW

public double getLatitudeRAW()

Get Latitude

getLongitudeRAW

public double getLongitudeRAW()

Get Longitude

Returns:

the raw longitude

getSpeed

public float getSpeed()

Get Speed in Kilometers

Returns:

the speed in kilometers per ???

getDate

public int getDate()

Get date in integer format

Returns:

the date in integer format

getCompassDegrees

public float getCompassDegrees()

Return compass value from GPS

Returns:

the compass value in degrees. -1 means it hasn't been obtained yet.

getMagneticVariation

public String getMagneticVariation()

parse

protected void parse(String sentence)

Parse RMC Sentence $GPRMC,081836,A,3751.65,S,14507.36,E,000.0,360.0,130998,011.3,E*62

Specified by:

parse in class NMEASentence