[OSM-talk] GPX trackpoint basic inaccuracy

[Andy Armstrong]

On 16 Sep 2006, at 13:38, Nick Black wrote:
> On 9/15/06, Andy Armstrong <andy at hexten.net> wrote:
>> On 15 Sep 2006, at 18:29, Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany) wrote:
>> > I think most traditional GPS devices are working with nmea  
>> internally.
>>
>> Where does that information come from? It seems highly unlikely.
>
> http://blacksworld.net/blog/?p=29
> http://blacksworld.net/blog/?p=28
>
> Contains links to some usefull sites about NMEA.  NMEA is a closed
> protocol, but its been hacked apart and full specs are available here.
>
> Hope its helpfull,

Well thanks - but not really. I know NMEA, written several parsers  
for it, got the T shirt, etc etc.

I'm asking why anyone would assume that a GPS device would work with  
NMEA /internally/.

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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net