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Re: DGPS / SBAS
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Gary E. Miller |
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Re: DGPS / SBAS |
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Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:42:10 -0800 |
Yo Greg!
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:27:49 -0500
Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com> wrote:
> > Sadly no two firmware use the same definition for when to turn the
> > DGPS flag on.
>
> Agreed it's a mess but "DGPS" is obviously short for "Differential
> GPS" and a receiver should only say it has that fixtype if it is
> applying pseudorange corrections from either SBAS or some direct
> injection of RTCM2, such as would happen with the old USCG beacons.
Or RTCM3, or any of a number of prprietary protocols.
But nothing mentioned that the corrections are actually improving
the fix quality.
> It seems pretty clear that either this particular receiver is buggy
> or that we're getting incorrect data about its behavior.
Yeah, some raw NMEA may be interestsing.
RGDS
GARY
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