NMEASentence (leJOS EV3 API documentation)

java.lang.Object
- lejos.hardware.gps.NMEASentence

Direct Known Subclasses:

GGASentence, GSASentence, GSVSentence, RMCSentence, VTGSentence
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public abstract class NMEASentence
extends java.lang.Object
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Class designed to manage all NMEA Sentence. GGA and RMC Sentence needs to validate data. This class has methods to validate receivedad data

Author:

Juan Antonio Brenha Moral, BB

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static int LATITUDE

static int LONGITUDE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

NMEASentence()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected float`	`degreesMinToDegrees(java.lang.String DD_MM, int CoordinateType)`	Any GPS Receiver gives Lat/Lon data in the following way: http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm http://www.teletype.com/pages/support/Documentation/RMC_log_info.htm 4807.038,N Latitude 48 deg 07.038' N 01131.000,E Longitude 11 deg 31.000' E This data is necessary to convert to Decimal Degrees.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`getHeader()`	Retrieve the header constant for this sentence.
`boolean`	`isNumeric(java.lang.String s)`
`protected abstract void`	`parse(java.lang.String sentence)`	Abstract method to parse out all relevant data from the nmeaSentence.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - LATITUDE
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public static final int LATITUDE
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    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - LONGITUDE
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public static final int LONGITUDE
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    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - NMEASentence
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public NMEASentence()
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- Method Detail
  - getHeader
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public abstract java.lang.String getHeader()
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    Retrieve the header constant for this sentence.
    
    Returns:
    
    The NMEA header string ($GPGGA, $GPVTG, etc...)
  - parse
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protected abstract void parse(java.lang.String sentence)
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    Abstract method to parse out all relevant data from the nmeaSentence.
  - degreesMinToDegrees
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protected float degreesMinToDegrees(java.lang.String DD_MM,
                                    int CoordinateType)
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    Any GPS Receiver gives Lat/Lon data in the following way: http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm http://www.teletype.com/pages/support/Documentation/RMC_log_info.htm 4807.038,N Latitude 48 deg 07.038' N 01131.000,E Longitude 11 deg 31.000' E This data is necessary to convert to Decimal Degrees. Latitude values has the range: -90 <-> 90 Longitude values has the range: -180 <-> 180
    
    Parameters:
    
    DD_MM -
    
    CoordinateType -
    
    Returns:
    
    the degrees
  - isNumeric
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public final boolean isNumeric(java.lang.String s)
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