$GPGGA sentence from http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/nmeafaq.txt The NMEA FAQ Version 6.6 Jan 30, 2008 Peter Bennett peterbb4@interchange.ubc.ca GGA - Global Positioning System Fix Data GGA,123519,4807.038,N,01131.324,E,1,08,0.9,545.4,M,46.9,M, , *42 123519 Fix taken at 12:35:19 UTC 4807.038,N Latitude 48 deg 07.038' N 01131.324,E Longitude 11 deg 31.324' E 1 Fix quality: 0 = invalid 1 = GPS fix 2 = DGPS fix 08 Number of satellites being tracked 0.9 Horizontal dilution of position 545.4,M Altitude, Metres, above mean sea level 46.9,M Height of geoid (mean sea level) above WGS84 ellipsoid (empty field) time in seconds since last DGPS update (empty field) DGPS station ID number $GPGGA,123519,4807.038,N,01131.000,E,1,08,0.9,545.4,M,46.9,M,,*47