$GPGGA – Essential fix data including 3D location and accuracy information
Example: $GPGGA,1753405,4916.450,N,12311.127,W,2,06,1.5,117.3,M,−26.574,M,6.0,0138*47
Time of fix – 17:34:05 UTC
Latitude 49 deg. 16.450 min North
Longitude 123 deg. 11.127 min West
• 0 = fix not available
• 1 = GPS fix
• 2 = Differential GPS fix
• 3 = PPS fix
• 4 = Real Time Kinematic
• 5 = Float RTK
• 6 = estimated (dead reckoning)
• 7 = Manual input mode
Number of satellites being tracked
Horizontal dilution of precision (HDOP) – relative accuracy of horizontal position
Altitude in meters above mean sea level
Geoidal separation: height of mean sea level above WGS-84 earth ellipsoid (negative value means mean sea
level is below ellipsoid)
Time in seconds since last update from differential reference stations
Differential reference station ID number
Checksum – used by program to check for transmission errors
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