Lon
E
spd
cog
date
mv
mvE
mode
cs
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2.4.6 Message ID VTG: Output Track Direction and Ground Speed
Syntax:$VTG,cogt,T,cogm,M,sog,N,kph,K,mode*cs
Example:$GNVTG,0.000,T,,M,0.000,N,0.000,K,A*13
Parameter
--
cogt
T
cogm
sog
N
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Longitude, in the format of dddmm.mmmmmm
STR
ddd
mm.mmmmmm
East longitude or west longitude indicator
STR
E
East longitude
W
West longitude
DOUBLE
Speed over ground, unit: knot
Course over ground, unit: degree
DOUBLE
Calculated clockwise from north
UTC date, in the format of ddmmyy
dd
Day
mm
STR
yy
Year
If the exact year, month, and day are not parsed, the date
part appears blank
DOUBLE
Magnetic declination, specified to null
STR
Magnetic declination direction, specified to constant E
Positioning mode
N
Not positioning
STR
A
Point positioning
D
Differential positioning
E
INS positioning
Checksum
STR
A hexadecimal number obtained by calculating an XOR of
all characters from '$' to '*' in this statement
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Format
Description
Positioning system flag
GP
GPS+SBAS+QZSS joint positioning(1)
STR
BD
BDS system standalone positioning
GN
Multiple system joint positioning
Course over ground with reference to true north
DOUBLE
(0.000~359.999 degrees)
STR
Course flag, specified to constant T
Course over ground with reference to MN (0.000~359.999
DOUBLE
degrees). The field is empty by default
DOUBLE
Speed over ground, unit: knot
STR
Unit of speed, specified to constant N
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