AAM | Waypoint arrival alarm |
APA | Autopilot format A |
APB | Autopilot format B |
BOD | Bearing, origin to destination |
BWC | Bearing and distance to waypoint, great circle |
BWR | Bearing and distance to waypoint, rhumb line (overridden by BWC if available) |
DBT | Depth below transducer |
DPT | Depth of water |
GGA | Global Positioning System Fix Data |
GLL | Geographic position, latitude and longitude (and time) |
GSA | GPS DOP and active satellites |
GSV | Satellites in view |
HDM | Heading, magnetic north |
HDT | Heading, true north |
HSC | Steer to heading |
MTW | Mean water temperature |
RMB | Recommended minimum navigation info when dest. waypoint is active |
RMC | Recommended minimum specific GPS/Transit data |
VTG | Track made good and ground speed |
WCV | Waypoint closure velocity |
WPL | Waypoint location |
XTE | Cross-track error |
XTR | Cross-track error, dead reckoning (overriden by XTE if available) |
Some of the proprietary "sentences" that are recognized by the NMEA include:
PGRME | Garmin Proprietary Estimated Position Error |
PGRMF | Garmin Proprietary Position Fix Sentence |
PGRMM | Garmin Proprietary Map Datum Sentence |
PGRMV | Garmin Proprietary Velocity Sentence |
PGRMZ | Garmin Proprietary Altitude Information |
PRWIZCH | Rockwell Zodiac Proprietary Channel Information |
Some of these sentences are described below. Note that this document should not be treated as authoratative.
$GPGGA,210230,3855.4487,N,09446.0071,W,1,07,1.1,370.5,M,-29.5,M,,*7A
The sentence contains the following fields:
$GPGSV,2,1,08,02,74,042,45,04,18,190,36,07,67,279,42,12,29,323,36*77
$GPGSV,2,2,08,15,30,050,47,19,09,158,,26,12,281,40,27,38,173,41*7B
The GSV sentence contains the following fields:
$GPRMC,210230,A,3855.4487,N,09446.0071,W,0.0,076.2,130495,003.8,E*69
The sentence contains the following fields:
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