Looking for NMEA data

[base736 0]

I'm in the finishing stages of putting together an easy-to-use piece of software for graphing GPS flight data. As part of this, I'd like to be able to import NMEA data, but unfortunately I've got none on hand. At any rate, it'd be nice to have data from a variety of devices to ensure that I can import it from the common units.

If anybody has a jump or two of raw NMEA data that they wouldn't mind sharing with me, I'd love to make sure that this software is compatible with the GPS you use.

Thanks, all!

[drunk 0]

I have this data from a jump at ZHills (exit @ ~8000ft).

You should be able to convert the data from GPX to NMEA using GPSBABEL.

Note that the data is logged at 2Hz but my GPS unit exports the same timestamp twice.


7.501
2010-03-21T12:12:05.000Z
0.2236
trkpt-2010-03-21T12:12:05.000Z
TIME:21-MAR-10 12:12:05RCR:T (TimeStamp)VALID:SPSLATITUDE:28.219803 NLONGITUDE:82.150690 WHEIGHT:7.501 mSPEED:0.805 km/h]]>
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T
3d



12.298
2010-03-21T12:12:05.000Z
0.2706
trkpt-2010-03-21T12:12:05.000Z
TIME:21-MAR-10 12:12:05RCR:T (TimeStamp)VALID:SPSLATITUDE:28.219821 NLONGITUDE:82.150688 WHEIGHT:12.298 mSPEED:0.974 km/h]]>
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T
3d



GPS Model: Qstarz BT-Q1300s


HTH

[base736 0]

In fact, GPX might also be worth supporting directly here. It seems to be quite common. Tools like GPS Babel make it unnecessary to support everything, but the basics would be nice -- anybody have another format that they feel is a "must have" for skydivers?

Thanks for the data, and for the idea!