Trimble Outdoors 5700/5800 - Manual (Page 170)

A NMEA-0183 Output
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Common Message Elements
Each message contains:
• A message ID consisting of $GP followed by the message type.
For example, the message ID of the GGA message is $GPGGA.
• A comma
• A number of fields, depending on the message type, separated by
commas
• An asterisk
• A checksum
Below is an example of a simple message with a message ID ($GPGGA),
followed by 13 fields and checksum value:
$GPGGA,172814.0,3723.46587704,N,12202.26957864,W,2,6,1.2,18.
893,M,-25.669,M,2.0,0031*4F
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Message values
The following values can be found in NMEA messages that the receiver
generates.
Latitude and Longitude
Latitude is represented as ddmm.mmmm and longitude is represented
as dddmm.mmmm, where:
• dd or ddd is degrees
• mm.mmmm is minutes and decimal fractions of minutes
Direction
Direction (north, south, east, or west) is represented by a single
character: N, S, E, or W.