The fields in this sentence are described in Table 9.3.
Table 9.3. Structure of the RMC EMEA sentence
Data Purpose
$GPRMC Talker ID (GP) and sentence identifier (RMC).
195531 Time when sentence was created in hhmmss format using 24-hour notation. This time is 19:55:31.
A Navigation receiver warning. A = OK, V = warning. A warning is usually given if satellite reception is poor or insufficient satellites are visible.
5326.986 Current latitude showing degrees between 0 and 90, minutes, and a fraction of a minute. In this case the latitude is 53 degrees, 26 minutes, and 1/986 of a minute.
N Indicates whether latitude is north or south of the equator.
00610.147 Longitude showing degrees between 0 and 180, minutes, and a fraction of a minute. In this case the longitude is 006 degrees, 10 minutes, and 1/147 of a minute.
W Indicates whether the longitude is west or east of the Greenwich meridian.
000.0 Speed over the ground in knots. A knot is one nautical mile per hour, and a nautical mile is one minute of latitude. In this case the speed was zero knots.
360.0 Course made good. Since the GPS unit was not moving, the course should be ignored but is reported as 360 degrees.
170500 Date in the form ddmmyy. This date is 17May2000.
007.2 Magnetic variation. This is the difference, expressed in degrees, between the magnetic north pole and the true north pole. This varies around the world and over time. In Dublin on this date the magnetic variation is 7.2 degrees.
W Indicates whether the magnetic pole is to the west or east of the true pole.
*7F Checksum expressed as a hexadecimal value.