Trackpoint Grid

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The track point grid shows the data for each track point. Some of this data is provided by the GPS unit and some is calculated by RealSpeed. The minimum required for RealSpeed to produce a result is the Latitude, Longitude and Time. But RealSpeed can also use the Doppler speed, Direction, Vertical speed, Altitude, Number of Satellites and HDOP if these data items are available. 

The full data items available to show in the track point grid are as shown here:

 

A brief description of the track point grid fields:

Track - the track point number
Seconds - the number of seconds between this track point and the previous track point in seconds
Distance - the distance between this track point and the previous track point in meters
Speed - the average calculated speed between the previous track point and this track point using the latitude and longitude
Direction - the direction from the previous track point position to this track point position in degrees (0-360)
Wind Angle - If a wind direction value is available, this is the difference between the direction of travel and the wind direction in degrees
VMG - If a wind angle is available, this is the speed vector to windward in displayed speed units
Altitude - the altitude value from the GPS in meters, or a calculated altitude if vertical speed is available
Vert Speed - the vertical doppler speed from the GPS if available
HDOP - Horizontal Dilution Of Precision - a value that shows how precisely the satellites can triangulate the position (0.8-50)
Invalid - a set of codes to show if this point is invalid. See below for more detail on what the codes mean
Sats - the number of satellites used in getting a fix.
Doppler - the horizontal doppler speed from the GPS
Total Distance - the total distance traveled from the start point to this point using positional data in meters
Total Doppler Distance - the total distance traveled from the start point to this point using the doppler speed in meters
Run - the run number based on the positional data
Doppler Run - the run number based on the doppler data
Pos Err - positional error in meters from the GPS if available
Doppler Error - doppler error from the GPS if available
USOG - unfiltered doppler speed over ground 
UCOG - unfiltered course over ground (direction) from the doppler calculations in degrees 

 

The following are the invalid codes and their meaning:

A - the number of satellites is below the threshold set in Tools/Options...
H - the HDOP value is above the threshold set in Tools/Options... 
L - the latitude or longitude is an invalid value (typically a zero)
D - the doppler speed is invalid (exceeds one of the speed/acceleration  thresholds)
S - the track point speed is invalid (exceeds one of the speed/acceleration  thresholds)
T - the time value is invalid (typically a zero value or out of sequence)
P - the user has marked this point to be invalid

 

The units and precision displayed in many of the grid fields can be configured in Tools/Options including Speed units, Speed Precision, Distance Precision, Time Precision and Lat/Long Precision:

See Options for more details.

 

 

 
 
 
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Last modified: August 11, 2007