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| ====== Background ====== | ====== Background ====== | ||
| - | GPS was the first Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and the termt GPS is often used as a synonym for GNSS. | + | GPS was the first Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and the term GPS is often used as a synonym for GNSS. |
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| + | Older software often only checks for NMEA 0183 sentences starting with <nowiki>"$GP"</nowiki> (= GPS only) instead of looking for all GNSS systems. | ||
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| + | Newer GNSS receivers often use multiple GNSS systems and therefore <nowiki>"$GN"</nowiki> is used (<nowiki>"$GNRMC..."</nowiki>) if it recives a combination of GPS, Galileo and GLONASS signals. | ||
| - | Because of this older software only check for NMEA 0183 sentences starting with <nowiki>"$GP"</nowiki> (= GPS only) instead of looking for the different GNSS systems (e.g. <nowiki>"$GPRMC..."</nowiki>). | ||
| - | Unfortunately with newer GNSS receiver often multiple GNSS systems are used and therefore <nowiki>"$GN"</nowiki> is used (<nowiki>"$GNRMC..."</nowiki>). | ||
| It would be better to us instead of <nowiki>"$GPRMC"</nowiki> either <nowiki>"$G.RMC"</nowiki> ("." = anychar) for using GPS, Galileo and/or GLONASS (GNSS) or even <nowiki>"$..RMC"</nowiki> which means any source. | It would be better to us instead of <nowiki>"$GPRMC"</nowiki> either <nowiki>"$G.RMC"</nowiki> ("." = anychar) for using GPS, Galileo and/or GLONASS (GNSS) or even <nowiki>"$..RMC"</nowiki> which means any source. | ||