de.fhg.igd.gps
Class NMEA183VTGSentence

java.lang.Object
  de.fhg.igd.gps.NMEA183Sentence
      de.fhg.igd.gps.NMEA183VTGSentence

public class NMEA183VTGSentence

extends NMEA183Sentence

VTG - Track made good and ground speed

Author:

Dennis Bartussek

Field Summary

protected double	groundSpeedKilometers_ ground speed, kilometers per hour
protected double	groundSpeedKnots_ ground speed, knots
protected double	magneticCourse_ magnetic course, degrees
protected double	trueCourse_ true course, degrees

Fields inherited from class de.fhg.igd.gps.NMEA183Sentence

checksum_, fields_, sentenceId_, sentenceId_desc_, talkerId_, talkerId_desc_

Constructor Summary

NMEA183VTGSentence(String talkerId)
Constructs a new NMEAGGA183Sentence with the specified talkerId.

Method Summary

protected String	bodyToString() Returns the body part of this sentence's string representation.
double	getGroundSpeedKilometers() Returns the ground speed, measured in kilometers per hour.
double	getGroundSpeedKnots() Returns the ground speed, measured in knots.
double	getMagneticCourse() Returns the magnetic course, measured in degrees.
double	getTrueCourse() Returns the true course, measured in degrees.
void	parse(NMEA183Tokenizer tokenizer) Reads and parses a NMEA183 sentence from tokenizer.

Methods inherited from class de.fhg.igd.gps.NMEA183Sentence

computeChecksum, getDateField, getFloatField, getIntegerField, getLatitudeField, getLongitudeField, getSentenceId, getStringField, hasChecksum, headerToString, rebuildSentence, toString, valid

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

trueCourse_

protected double trueCourse_

true course, degrees

magneticCourse_

protected double magneticCourse_

magnetic course, degrees

groundSpeedKnots_

protected double groundSpeedKnots_

ground speed, knots

groundSpeedKilometers_

protected double groundSpeedKilometers_

ground speed, kilometers per hour

Constructor Detail

NMEA183VTGSentence

public NMEA183VTGSentence(String talkerId)

Constructs a new NMEAGGA183Sentence with the specified talkerId.

Parameters:

talkerId - the talker id of this NMEA183GGASentence

Method Detail

parse

public void parse(NMEA183Tokenizer tokenizer)
           throws NMEA183SentenceFormatException

Description copied from class: NMEA183Sentence

Reads and parses a NMEA183 sentence from tokenizer.

Overrides:

parse in class NMEA183Sentence

Parameters:

tokenizer - the NMEA183Tokenizer to read from

Throws:

NMEA183SentenceFormatException - if the read sentence does not have the appropriate format

bodyToString

protected String bodyToString()

Description copied from class: NMEA183Sentence

Returns the body part of this sentence's string representation.

Overrides:

bodyToString in class NMEA183Sentence

Returns:

the body part of this sentence's string representation.

See Also:

NMEA183Sentence.toString()

getTrueCourse

public double getTrueCourse()

Returns the true course, measured in degrees.

Returns:

the true course, measured in degrees

getMagneticCourse

public double getMagneticCourse()

Returns the magnetic course, measured in degrees.

Returns:

the magnetic course, measured in degrees

getGroundSpeedKnots

public double getGroundSpeedKnots()

Returns the ground speed, measured in knots.

Returns:

the ground speed, measured in knots

getGroundSpeedKilometers

public double getGroundSpeedKilometers()

Returns the ground speed, measured in kilometers per hour.

Returns:

the ground speed, measured in kilometers per hour