Re: [gpsd-users] heading info ?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Niall Parker <address@hidden>:
> I'd like to access the magnetic heading information from the
> fluxgate compass in my Oregon 450 but it isn't clear to me whether
> this is possible via gpsd.

Currently not.

>                  I saw one reference in the email archive
> about getting it from gpsdecode but I missed the details. It also
> doesn't look like the API includes heading (in contrast to course
> derived from position fixes).

It's in struct attitude in gps.h.


>                        $HCHDG is a possible NMEA output
> string, is this handled by gpsd anywhere (for any device ?)

No, but it would be pretty trivial to add.  Please follow the
FAQ directions for sending in an annotated output sample.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>