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VTG – Course Over Ground and Ground Speed

This message transmits the speed and course relative to ground.

$GPVTG,vtg1,vtg2,vtg3,vtg4,vtg5,vtg6,vtg7,vtg8,vtg9*hh

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Parameters

Descriptions

Notes

vtg1

Course over ground (degrees)

Referenced to true north (xx.xx

o

)

vtg2

Indicator of course reference

T – true north

vtg3

Course over ground (degrees)

Not Support

vtg4

Indicator of course reference

M – magnetic north

vtg5

Speed over ground

x.xxx knots

vtg6

Unit of speed

N – nautical miles per hour

vtg7

Speed over ground

x.xxx km/hr

vtg8

Unit of speed

K – kilometers per hour

vtg9

Navigation mode indicator

A – Autonomous mode (fix);

D – Differential mode (fix);

E – DR (fix);

N – not valid

hh

Checksum

hex number (2 – character)

End of message