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Arduino wisdom and gems by Mikal Hart
TinyGPS++
A *NEW* Full-featured GPS/NMEA Parser for Arduino
TinyGPS++ is a new Arduino library for parsing NMEA data streams provided by GPS modules.
Like its predecessor, TinyGPS, this library provides compact and easy-to-use methods for extracting position, date, time, altitude, speed, and course from consumer
GPS devices.
However, TinyGPS++’s programmer interface is considerably simpler to use than TinyGPS, and the new library can extract arbitrary data from any of the myriad
NMEA sentences out there, even proprietary ones.
Download and Installation
To install this library, download here, unzip the archive into the Arduino “libraries” folder, and restart Arduino. You should rename the folder “TinyGPSPlus”.
History
TinyGPS++ is the immediate inheritor of TinyGPS, a popular compact parser that is used in Arduino installations around the world. TinyGPS++ is not quite as
‘tiny’ as its older sibling, but its powerful and extremely easy-to-use new object model and useful new feature set make it an attractive alternative.
Usage
Let’s say you have an Arduino hooked to an off-the-shelf GPS device and you want to display your altitude. You would simply create a TinyGPS++ instance like
this:
1 #include "TinyGPS++.h"
2 TinyGPSPlus gps;
Repeatedly feed it characters from your GPS device:
1 while (ss.available() > 0)

2 gps.encode(ss.read());
Then query it for the desired information:
1 if (gps.altitude.isUpdated())
2 Serial.println(gps.altitude.meters());
Differences from TinyGPS

Although TinyGPS++ shares much the same compact parsing engine with TinyGPS, its programmer interface is somewhat more intuitive. As a simple example,
here’s how easy it is to print out the current latitude, longitude, and altitude in TinyGPS++:
1 Serial.print("LAT="); Serial.println(gps.location.lat(), 6);

2 Serial.print("LONG="); Serial.println(gps.location.lng(), 6);
3 Serial.print("ALT="); Serial.println(gps.altitude.meters());
Both libraries extract basic position, altitude, course, time, and date, etc. from two common NMEA sentences, $GPGGA and $GPRMC. But there are a number of
other interesting sentences out there, both NMEA-defined and vendor-proprietary, just waiting to be harvested.
Consider the obscure $GPRMB, for example, which provides “recommended minimum navigation information” if you have a destination waypoint defined.
$GPRMB,A,4.08,L,EGLL,EGLM,5130.02,N,00046.34,W,004.6,213.9,122.9,A*3D
arduiniana.org/libraries/tinygpsplus/ 1/15
With TinyGPS++ it is now possible to extract just the “L” in the third field (it means “steer Left!”). It’s easy with the new TinyGPSCustom watcher object:
1 TinyGPSCustom steerDirection(gps, "GPRMB", 3);

2 ...
3 Serial.print(steerDirection.value()); // prints "L" or "R"
Naturally, this extra functionality comes at some cost. TinyGPS++ consumes somewhat more memory than TinyGPS, and it’s interface is incompatible. So how to
decide whether to update? Here’s a guide:
Consider TinyGPS++ over TinyGPS if:
Compatibility with existing code (using TinyGPS) isn’t necessary.

Your sketch is not close to reaching RAM or flash resource limits.
You are running on Due or processor which can take advantage of the higher precision of 64-bit “double” floating-point.
You prefer the more intuitive object model.
You need to query for NMEA data beyond the basic location, date, time, altitude, course, speed, satellites or hdop.
Feeding the Hungry Object

To get TinyGPS++ to work, you have to repeatedly funnel the characters to it from the GPS module using the encode() method. For example, if your GPS module is
attached to pins 4(RX) and 3(TX), you might write code like this:
1 SoftwareSerial ss(4, 3);

2 void loop()
3 {
4 while (ss.available() > 0)
5 gps.encode(ss.read);
6 ...
After the object has been “fed” you can query it to see if any data fields have been updated:
1 if (gps.location.isUpdated())
2 {
3 Serial.print("LAT="); Serial.print(gps.location.lat(), 6);
4 Serial.print("LNG="); Serial.println(gps.location.lng(), 6);
5 }
6 } // end loop()
The TinyGPS++ Object Model
The main TinyGPS++ object contains several core sub-objects:
location – the latest position fix

date – the latest date fix (UT)
time – the latest time fix (UT)
speed – current ground speed
course – current ground course
altitude – latest altitude fix
satellites – the number of visible, participating satellites
hdop – horizontal diminution of precision
Each provides methods to examine its current value, sometimes in multiple formats and units. Here’s a complete list:
1 Serial.println(gps.location.lat(), 6); // Latitude in degrees (double)

2 Serial.println(gps.location.lng(), 6); // Longitude in degrees (double)
3 Serial.print(gps.location.rawLat().negative ? "-" : "+");
4 Serial.println(gps.location.rawLat().deg); // Raw latitude in whole degrees
5 Serial.println(gps.location.rawLat().billionths);// ... and billionths (u16/u32)
6 Serial.print(gps.location.rawLng().negative ? "-" : "+");
7 Serial.println(gps.location.rawLng().deg); // Raw longitude in whole degrees
8 Serial.println(gps.location.rawLng().billionths);// ... and billionths (u16/u32)
9 Serial.println(gps.date.value()); // Raw date in DDMMYY format (u32)
10 Serial.println(gps.date.year()); // Year (2000+) (u16)
11 Serial.println(gps.date.month()); // Month (1-12) (u8)
12 Serial.println(gps.date.day()); // Day (1-31) (u8)
13 Serial.println(gps.time.value()); // Raw time in HHMMSSCC format (u32)
14 Serial.println(gps.time.hour()); // Hour (0-23) (u8)
15 Serial.println(gps.time.minute()); // Minute (0-59) (u8)
16 Serial.println(gps.time.second()); // Second (0-59) (u8)
17 Serial.println(gps.time.centisecond()); // 100ths of a second (0-99) (u8)
18 Serial.println(gps.speed.value()); // Raw speed in 100ths of a knot (i32)
19 Serial.println(gps.speed.knots()); // Speed in knots (double)
20 Serial.println(gps.speed.mph()); // Speed in miles per hour (double)
21 Serial.println(gps.speed.mps()); // Speed in meters per second (double)
22 Serial.println(gps.speed.kmph()); // Speed in kilometers per hour (double)
23 Serial.println(gps.course.value()); // Raw course in 100ths of a degree (i32)
24 Serial.println(gps.course.deg()); // Course in degrees (double)
25 Serial.println(gps.altitude.value()); // Raw altitude in centimeters (i32)
26 Serial.println(gps.altitude.meters()); // Altitude in meters (double)
27 Serial.println(gps.altitude.miles()); // Altitude in miles (double)
28 Serial.println(gps.altitude.kilometers()); // Altitude in kilometers (double)
29 Serial.println(gps.altitude.feet()); // Altitude in feet (double)
30 Serial.println(gps.satellites.value()); // Number of satellites in use (u32)
31 Serial.println(gps.hdop.value()); // Horizontal Dim. of Precision (100ths-i32)
Validity, Update status, and Age
You can examine an object’s value at any time, but unless TinyGPS++ has recently been fed from the GPS, it should not be considered valid and up-to-date. The
isValid() method will tell you whether the object contains any valid data and is safe to query.
Similarly, isUpdated() indicates whether the object’s value has been updated (not necessarily changed) since the last time you queried it.
Lastly, if you want to know how stale an object’s data is, call its age() method, which returns the number of milliseconds since its last update. If this returns a value
greater than 1500 or so, it may be a sign of a problem like a lost fix.
Debugging
When a TinyGPS++ sketch fails, it’s usually because the object received an incomplete NMEA stream, or perhaps none at all.
Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to determine what’s going wrong using some built-in diagnostic methods:
charsProcessed() – the total number of characters received by the object

sentencesWithFix() – the number of $GPRMC or $GPGGA sentences that had a fix
failedChecksum() – the number of sentences of all types that failed the checksum test
passedChecksum() – the number of sentences of all types that passed the checksum test
If your sketch has been running a while but charsProcessed() is returning 0, you likely have a problem with your wiring or serial connection. (If data never arrives
from the GPS unit, it stands to reason it’s not getting to TinyGPS++.) I often insert a little debug clause into my GPS sketches detects this condition then prints out
the incoming stream:
1 // Debug: if we haven't seen lots of data in 5 seconds, something's wrong.

2 if (millis() > 5000 && gps.charsProcessed() < 10) // uh oh
3 {
4 Serial.println("ERROR: not getting any GPS data!");
5 // dump the stream to Serial
6 Serial.println("GPS stream dump:");
7 while (true) // infinite loop
8 if (ss.available() > 0) // any data coming in?
9 Serial.write(ss.read());
10 }
Another common failure is when the sentences sent to TinyGPS++ are incomplete. This usually happens when you retrieve the characters from the GPS so slowly or
infrequently that some are lost. The symptom is easy to spot: checksum failure.
Explanation: Every NMEA sentence ends with a numeric field that represents a mathematical summing of all the characters in the sentence. It’s there to ensure data
integrity. If this number doesn’t match the actual sum (perhaps because some characters went awry), TinyGPS++ simply discards the entire sentence and increments
an internal “checksum failed” counter. You can read this counter with:
1 Serial.print("Sentences that failed checksum=");

2 Serial.println(gps.failedChecksum());
3
4 // Testing overflow in SoftwareSerial is sometimes useful too.
5 Serial.print("Soft Serial device overflowed? ");
6 Serial.println(ss.overflow() ? "YES!" : "No");
If the checksum counter is continually incrementing, you have a problem. (Hint: don’t use delay() in your sketch.)
Custom NMEA Sentence Extraction
One of the great new features of TinyGPS++ is the ability to extract arbitrary data from any NMEA or NMEA-like sentence. Read up on some of the interesting
sentences there are out there, then check to make sure that your GPS receiver can generate them.
The idea behind custom extraction is that you tell TinyGPS++ the sentence name and the field number you are interested in, like this:
1 TinyGPSCustom magneticVariation(gps, "GPRMC", 10)
This instructs TinyGPS++ to keep an eye out for $GPRMC sentences, and extract the 10th comma-separated field each time one flows by. At this point,
magneticVariation is a new object just like the built-in ones. You can query it just like the others:
1 if (magneticVariation.isUpdated())
2 {
3 Serial.print("Magnetic variation is ");
4 Serial.println(magneticVariation.value());
5 }
Establishing a fix
TinyGPS++ objects depend on their host sketch to feed them valid and current NMEA GPS data. To ensure their world-view is continually up-to-date, three things
must happen:
1. You must continually feed the object serial NMEA data with encode().
2. The NMEA sentences must pass the checksum test.
3. For built-in (non-custom) objects, the NMEA sentences must self-report themselves as valid. That is, if the $GPRMC sentence reports a validity of “V” (void)
instead of “A” (active), or if the $GPGGA sentence reports fix type “0″ (no fix), then the position and altitude information is discarded (though time and date
are retained).
It may take several minutes for a device to establish a fix, especially it has traveled some distance or a long time has elapsed since its last use.
Distance and Course
If your application has some notion of a “waypoint” or destination, it is sometimes useful to be able to calculate the distance to that waypoint and the direction, or
“course”, you must travel to get there. TinyGPS++ provides two methods to get this information, and a third (cardinal()) to display the course in friendly, human-
readable compass directions.
1 const double EIFFEL_TOWER_LAT = 48.85826;

2 const double EIFFEL_TOWER_LNG = 2.294516;
3 double distanceKm =
4 TinyGPSPlus.distanceBetween(
5 gps.location.lat(),
6 gps.location.lng(),
7 EIFFEL_TOWER_LAT,
8 EIFFEL_TOWER_LNG) / 1000.0;
9 double courseTo =
10 TinyGPSPlus.courseTo(
11 gps.location.lat(),
12 gps.location.lng(),
13 EIFFEL_TOWER_LAT,
14 EIFFEL_TOWER_LNG);
15 Serial.print("Distance (km) to Eiffel Tower: ");
16 Serial.println(distanceKm);
17 Serial.print("Course to Eiffel Tower: ");
18 Serial.println(courseTo);
19 Serial.print("Human directions: ");
20 Serial.println(TinyGPSPlus.cardinal(courseTo));
Library Version
You can retrieve the version of the TinyGPS++ library by calling the static member libraryVersion().
1 Serial.println(TinyGPSPlus::libraryVersion());
Sample Sketches
TinyGPS++ ships with several sample sketch which range from the simple to the more elaborate. Start with BasicExample, which demonstrates library basics
without even requiring a GPS device, then move onto FullExample and KitchenSink. Later, see if you can understand how to do custom extractions with some of
the other examples.
Acknowledgements
Thanks go out to the many Arduino forum users for outstanding help in testing and popularizing TinyGPS, this library’s predecessor. Thanks especially to Maarten
Lamers, who wrote the wiring library that originally gave me the idea of how to organize TinyGPS++.
All input is appreciated.
Mikal Hart
Page last updated on September 28, 2014 at 11:35 am

427 Responses → “TinyGPS++”
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1.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Gustavo,
The problem here is your terminations are spelled incorrectly. They should be \r\n instead of /r/n. Once I made the change I got this output:
Location: 6.265981,-75.599311 Date/Time: 1/31/2018 17:32:06.00

2.
Golpesar
4 years ago
HI Please Tell me How To Get Number of avalable satelliteand their SNR values
thank you
3.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Golpesar, there are two satellite inspection examples. Try them out.
4.
Matt
4 years ago
I love the library but does this work with a BN-880? It seems to be UbloxM8N clone.
I am using your library and love the features but the ‘parsing’ is not working correctly. Everything looks ok when I run the tests code but when I try it out
updating the position is really slow and I am guessing some sort of parsing issue. Then I read on the Arduino forum that this library is not compatibale with
the M8N. Is that true? Any workaround?
No matter what. Really like your library so thanks for your effort.
5.
Henrique
4 years ago
When I lost conection to/restart GPS, and lose the FIX, the funcions isValid and isUpdate still returning true even if the GPS are putting out GPRMC with no
data other then date and time ? How culd I know if I really have a valid data ?
6.
Henrique
4 years ago
@Mikal
“Yes, it’s a little confusing, but the “isValid()” method on date and time is simply the library reporting that at least one NMEA stream that could contain a date
or time has been parsed. Would you suggest a different algorithm? I’ll think about this.”
This should be based on FIX, “GPRMC”, filed 2, A or V! So we could know if data is valid
7.
sheryl
4 years ago
I am always getting no gps data .check wiring why??????????
8.
Vinicius Senna
4 years ago
Hello
Can you tell me if this code work in ESP8266 or ESP32 ?

Thank you
9.
Jana
4 years ago
Whether i can use this library with nodemcu
10.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Matt, it looks like it can be configured to be GPS/NMEA compatible but may not be so natively.
https://forum.u-blox.com/index.php/4637/neo-m8-to-nmea
11.
Konstantinos
4 years ago
Hello Mikal,
Thanks for the so nice library.

I have an issue with date.
I ran your Device example as is and works fine.
If I add a delay at the end of the loop, so I can receive data at a slower rate, I get all the information again but not the Date which is Invalid all the time. If I
remove the delay, everything comes back to normal.
I thought of the delay as an idea to slow down the display on an LCD.
Any hint?
Thanks in advance,
Konstantinos
12.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Konstantinos, it’s important that you don’t use delay() in any sketch which processes streaming serial input. If you wish the slow down a display, try a
different technique, like keeping track of the last time the display was updated. You can add logic to avoid updating the display except, say, after 1000
milliseconds have elapsed.
13.
Thomas Michalak
4 years ago
Hi,
I’ve been trying to use the sub-object speed but without success. While driving around the recorded speed is quite inconsistent with the speed of the car. Feels
even random sometimes.
Is there anything special I’m missing when using the speed object? Should the values match the car speed? Is the speed not representing my speed?
I understand that there is a refresh rate on the GPS but I drove at a steady speed for at least 10mins and there was still lots of high variations in the speed value.
Thanks again for the fantastic library.
14.
Thomas Michalak
4 years ago
Hi again,
Forget what I said! I must not have been thinking straight when I did my first tests!
Using isValid() and isUpdated() might have made the difference but the outcome is that speed reading from the library matches the car’s speedometer and it’s
actually very precise.
Thanks again for this great library!
15.
Mostafa
4 years ago
Hi
I am using the tinygpsplus library to run ublox neo-6m GPS module, I used the fullexample code in the tinygpsplus package but the only result that I could
take is just some stars in all lines, What should I do to achieve accurate data?
Sats HDOP Latitude Longitude Fix Date Time Date Alt Course Speed Card Distance Course Card Chars Sentences Checksum
(deg) (deg) Age Age (m) — from GPS —- —- to London —- RX RX Fail
—————————————————————————————————————————————-
**** ***** ********** *********** **** ********** ******** **** ****** ****** ***** *** ******** ****** *** 63 0 0
**** ***** ********** *********** **** ********** ******** **** ****** ****** ***** *** ******** ****** *** 270 0 0
thanks
16.
Andy Basacchi
4 years ago
Hi Mikal: I have been using your code quite successfully (thank you!), but now have some questions. When my GPS device goes from a stopped to a moving
position, or from moving to stopped position – it takes some 8-10 seconds for the speed to catch-up. Also when completely stopped (no movement at all) the
GPS displays a drifting velocity (usually 0 to as much as 2 kph). Do you know what is causing this and if there is a way to improve this? I need this more
accurate as I am planning to use this in a cycling application. Thank you
17.
Brian
4 years ago
This is probably obvious, but if you have a loop that uses isUpdated() to ensure that your GPS signal is being received, then subsequent use of age() is
pointless since age() is refreshed when is isupdated() fires, correct?
I’m assuming that any valid isupdated() parameter is true for all possible data in that particular NMEA string, regardless if it changed or not? Ergo, there’s no
need/purpose to further test any parts of that string.
With respect to age(), I guess it is really only useful as a debugging test to see if you’ve had -any- valid data.
The one caveat might be that one NMEA string is valid and the other is invalid due to corrupted data.
18.
Railroader
4 years ago
Thank You for a fantastic library, TinyGPS++.

It just made a portable speed indicator work.
19.
varsha
4 years ago
Is there any way to come out after getting few gps values
Like , exiting the loop after getting say, 5 continuous GPS readings.
I have used the device library program to get the Readings and I’m perfectly getting it.
20.
Mr.Sensor
4 years ago
Hey Mikal,
first of all thanks for sharing your library.

I just tested your gps.time.centisecond() function but it only returned zeros instead of values between 0 an 99. Could you tell me what I did wrong, since the
other time functions are running perfectly?
Regards,
Mr. Sensor
21.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Mr. Sensor– if centisecond is always 00, that *probably* means your GPS doesn’t report hundredths of a second, or perhaps reports them every time as 00.
I’ve encountered both types. If you could provide a sample of your NMEA output I could easily see.
22.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Andy Basacchi, GPS drift is unfortunately a normal behavior in every commercial GPS device. I don’t know of any easy way to solve that problem cheaply.
23.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Mostafa, I would guess that you have selected the wrong baud rate?
24.
Mr.Sensor
4 years ago
@Mikal, thanks a lot for your reply. My fault was that the module i used updated the time every second, as a result centiseconds were always 00. Is there any
chance, that your library could also report milliseconds even though my gps updates only with a frequency of 10Hz? For example using centiseconds or better
said the time between two centiseconds and splitting them up to be more accurate…
Regards,
Mr. Sensor
25.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Mr.Sensor, I think it’s pretty reasonable to say that TinyGPS++’s job is to simply report the data provided by the GPS module in human-readable form. I’m
very reluctant to modify that basic premise.
26.
Filippo
4 years ago
Hi Mikal,
first of all thanks for sharing your library. I have a problem, I have a problem, I want to put the latitude value in a variable but i don’t work.
Here my program:
Serial.println(“Latitude= “); // It works

Serial.println(gps.location.lat(), 6); //It works
double temp_lat = (gps.location.lat(), 6);
Serial.println(temp_lat); // It doesen’t work.
Please, could you tell me what there is of wrong?

Thanks
Filippo
27.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Filippo
double temp_lat = gps.location.lat();

Serial.println(temp_lat, 6);
28.
Mike Morrow
4 years ago
Using this: TinyGPSCustom GSATest(gps, “GNGSA”, 1); // $GNGSA sentence, first element
then this: if (GSATest.isUpdated()) {
It is always on. After every single character from the GPS, it fires again. It is never off. I want to catch GNGSA statements and pick up the number of sats
used in the solution. There are two of these in each block (one for GPS, one for GLONASS). I need to get control on each of them but it is not working that
way. It is always firing!
Is there something else I need to do?
29.
Mike Morrow
4 years ago
Having a problem trying to get numbers from GNGSA statements. I need to get all 12 of the in-use slots from 2 of these statements that come one after the
other. Trouble is, with the Custom statements coded:
TinyGPSCustom GSATest(gps, “GNGSA”, 1); // $GNGSA sentence, first element
the
if (GSATest.isUpdated()) {
statement fires EVERY character coming from the GPS. The others seem to be performing properly.
TinyGPSCustom satsInViewP(gps, “GPGSV”, 3);
and
TinyGPSCustom satsInViewL(gps, “GLGSV”, 3);
I only want it to fire once per GNGSA statement, obviously. Is there something else I should be doing to read the GNGSA statements? The GPS I am using
does not emit GPGSA at all, but two GNGSA statements. I need to get access to both and total up the in-use sats since this is not available anywhere I can
find. In view is available from the GPGSV and GLGSV statements. I add these together for the total in vies sats. Just need GNGSA to operate properly.
Thanks for a nice library.
Mike
30.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Mike Morrow,
When you retrieve the value of your GSATest custom object, are you using value() every time? The “updated” flag is cleared every time you retrieve the value
using this technique.
(code)
const char *value() { updated = false; return buffer; }
Mikal
31.
Mike Morrow
4 years ago
TinyGPSCustom GSATest(gps, “GNGSA”, 15);
if (GSATest.isUpdated()) {
Serial.print(millis());
Serial.println(” – pdop updated.”);
}
From one of your examples. This pops every 2 ms. That is not possible. Yes, GNGSA. When it is set to GPGSA it does not pop at all. And, at least, that part is
correct since I don’t get GPGSA. I get GNGSA and I want to read the details of them. Can’t I get an answer from someone? I have written in 2 places and get
no answers.
32.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Mike Morrow,
Per my answer from 4 days ago, the “updated” flag is only cleared when you actually retrieve the value with the “value()” method. The code you quote, which
incidentally is not from one of my examples, simply reports on the state of the updated flag.
33.
Mike Morrow
4 years ago
I have figured out how to cause and (sorta) solve the problem (for me, at least, but not solving it in the general case).
Higher on this page, the documentation says “isUpdated() indicates whether the object’s value has been updated (not necessarily changed) since the last time
you queried it”. Pretty straightforward.
That implies that the is-updated flag will be reset when it is checked and stay reset until the firing action occurs once again. Seems like correct operation to
me. But that is not how it is working.
Coded:
TinyGPSCustom pdop(gps, “GNGSA”, 15); // $GPGSA sentence, 15th element
TinyGPSCustom hdop(gps, “GNGSA”, 16); // $GPGSA sentence, 16th element
TinyGPSCustom vdop(gps, “GNGSA”, 17); // $GPGSA sentence, 17th element
So, when I do this:
void loop() {
if (pdop.isUpdated())
{
Serial.print(millis());
Serial.println(” – pdop updated.”);
// Serial.print(F(“, PDOP=”)); Serial.print(pdop.value()); // line 1
// Serial.print(F(“, HDOP=”)); Serial.print(hdop.value()); // line 2
// int i = int(pdop.value()); // line 3
}
while (NMEA.available() > 0)
gps.encode(NMEA.read());
} // The entire loop() routine.
so then pdop.isUpdated() fires every input character (every 2 ms.) and I print like crazy to the Serial monitor.
When I uncomment only “line 1″, it fires properly. Unclear why the change.
When I uncomment only “line 2″, it starts firing every input character again.
Also, uncommenting only line 3 makes it fire twice per second as it should.
Uncommenting 1 or 3 cause the data element associated with the firing to be referenced and that, magically, resets the isUpdated() flag. It takes both actions.
That is not mentioned, above.
But with all 3 commented, the thing pops on every input character — essentially every time it can.
Is this the intended operation of the library? I would think not. It seems like isUpdated() is somehow linked with the specific .value retrieval it fired for and
never gets unset just by checking it as mentioned, above. Am I completely missing the point here?
The sample code I referred to, previously, is here:
https://github.com/mikalhart/TinyGPSPlus/blob/master/examples/UsingCustomFields/UsingCustomFields.ino
I used it as my guide. And it finally led me to finding out that I had to reference the data element associated with the firing as well as calling isUpdated() to
have it function properly. Since I will reference the firing data element, it will work properly and I can proceed to finishing my project but I would hope that
you check further into this and make it work as documented. At least, as I read the documentation. I hope I did not miss something…
Your library has saved me a bunch of time but has cost me many days of intermittently trying to troubleshoot this troublesome operation. I guess it is still a
win. Thanks.
I have written this code before (in VB6) with far more detailed data parsing and did not want to have to write it, again, in a different language (C).
34.
Mikal
4 years ago
I don’t know what to tell you, Mike. What you describe is exactly how I would expect it to behave, and how it’s documented to behave. If you “uncomment
only line 2″ and leave the other 2 commented out, you are no longer checking pdop.value(), therefore, isUpdated() will return “true” every time. Here’s the
summary:
1. If you don’t ever call pdop.value() (i.e. if you have lines 1 and 3 commented out) then pdop.isUpdated() will always be true, as documented.
2. Line 2 references hdop a different object, so it has no bearing on pdop.isUpdated().
It’s not “magic”: it’s exactly what’s in the documentation:
“Similarly, isUpdated() indicates whether the object’s value has been updated (not necessarily changed) since the last time you queried it“.
35.
Ricardo
4 years ago
Hi Mika, thankyou for library very nice!!

I have a problem in the recovered values of gps.time.isValid ()
my code:
if (gps.time.isValid ())
{
Serial.print (gps.time.value ()); // Raw time in HHMMSSCC format (u32)
hour = gps.time.hour ();
minute = gps.time.minute ();
second = gps.time.second ();
}
Everything works fine, as long as there are no zeros.

for example for
23:59:59
time.value = 23595900
time.hour = 23
time.minute = 59
time.second = 59
but if time is 00:01:00

time.value = 010000 (2 digits missing)
time.hour = 0
time.minute = 01
time.second = 0
The worst is the case of:

time now 23:00:00
time.value = 2300
and
time.hour = NULL
time.minute = 23 (this is the time not the minutes)
time.second = 0
Explain well?
Thanks for a solution, your library is very practical.
36.
Alexander Rubli
4 years ago
HI
I would like to know if it is possible to disable the checksum verification. I would like to send some test sentences to see if my project handles correctly some
error conditions and if my DST subroutine is working.
I am not a seasoned programmer… just sort of an advanced beginner.
thank you
37.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Alexander… see my github comment.
38.
Mikal
4 years ago
@Ricardo,
What GPS device are you using? I admit I don’t see how this can happen. It might help if you could supply some of the raw NMEA or your code.
39.
Michael Strnad
4 years ago
Hello Mikal!
First of all, that library is really great, I like it and used it already in some projects. Now I try to get the exact time from GPS to correct my clock: I have a
Citroen 2CV that was electrified by the local technical school in 2007. 2011 I was able to buy it and now I try to have a look to the electrical interior with
several sensors and an Arduino Mega. To have an overview I use a SmartGPU2 from Vizic Tec. But now with the GPS there must be a conflict at the serial.
Vizic told me:
From the examples I learned that Pin 10, 11 is used for data for the Mega. To define par example Pin 14, 15 and Serial1 for the communication with the GPS
did not work and I have no experience how to do it. I would be glad for a hint how to do it. Thanks a lot!
40.
Rushi
4 years ago
I did not get Location in indoor. Can this module support indoor location? I am use TinyGPS library. Please tell me what to do for indoor location?
41.
Yannis Xidianakis
4 years ago
Hi and thanks for this amazing library.

I want to use a function to show me in an OLED display the fix 2D or 3D or none and also to get the sat elevation.
How can i do taht?
Thank you.
42.
Heikki
4 years ago
Hi and thank you for sharing this. Would it be possible to have two receivers on Arduino Due with TinyGPSPlus? I tried first reading one on serial2 and then
another on serial3 on same loop. This returns invalid position. While reading just one or the other data is valid. I would like to see how position drifts between
two receivers that are close to each other. I could try making a compass by placing two receivers at distance of about 7 meters from each others. Heading
signal could be filtered as I have gyro data to enhance heading. As I have CAN bus and several arduinos on the bus I could send the position of the other
receiver over the bus and see how that works.
Is position available in radians on TinyGPSPlus? Not of course a big thing.
43.
Mikal
4 years ago
Hi @Heikki,
Yes, you can use two receivers at once. Just make sure you declare two TinyGPS++ objects… one for each stream:
TinyGPSPlus gps1, gps2;

while (true)
{
if (Serial2.available())
gps1.encode(Serial2.read());
if (Serial3.available())
gps2.encode(Serial3.read());
… do stuff here with gps1 and gps2 …

}
44.
Chris
3 years ago
Thank you so much, I’ve been working with a GPS unit from Adafruit for the last three days and I could not understand what to do until I dl’d/installed your
lib and read your documentation. The explanation was key, and thank you for publishing the methods. All of the other libraries I found we very dense and
poorly documented. Your examples are clearly superior as well.
Thanks again.
45.
Christiaan
3 years ago
I get this error, while using the “courseTo” function. I just copied the code from the code box.
GPS_plaatsdetectie:38: error: expected primary-expression before ‘.’ token
TinyGPSPlus.courseTo(
exit status 1
expected primary-expression before ‘.’ token
46.
Mikal
3 years ago
@Chris, thanks for the nice message.
47.
Mikal
3 years ago
@Christiaan, in C++ the syntax for static functions is
TinyGPSPlus::courseTo(…)
(Note double semicolon.)
48.
Bengt
1 year ago
Hi, thanks for excelent code. I have a problem trying to asign the value when I have used a ustom NMEA Sentence Extraction like this:
TinyGPSPlus NEXUS;
TinyGPSCustom hdmNow(NEXUS, “IIHDM”, 1); // $IIHDM sentence, 1st element
SerialMonitor.println(hdmNow.value()); // Works
double oldDir = *hdmNow.value(); // Does not work, value of oldDir is not set
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Repeatedly feed it characters from your GPS device:

1 while (ss.available() > 0)

Then query it for the desired information:

Differences from TinyGPS

1 Serial.print("LAT="); Serial.println(gps.location.lat(), 6);

1 TinyGPSCustom steerDirection(gps, "GPRMB", 3);

Consider TinyGPS++ over TinyGPS if:

Compatibility with existing code (using TinyGPS) isn’t necessary.

Feeding the Hungry Object

1 SoftwareSerial ss(4, 3);

The TinyGPS++ Object Model

The main TinyGPS++ object contains several core sub-objects:

location – the latest position fix

1 Serial.println(gps.location.lat(), 6); // Latitude in degrees (double)

Validity, Update status, and Age

charsProcessed() – the total number of characters received by the object

1 // Debug: if we haven't seen lots of data in 5 seconds, something's wrong.

1 Serial.print("Sentences that failed checksum=");

Custom NMEA Sentence Extraction

1 TinyGPSCustom magneticVariation(gps, "GPRMC", 10)

Distance and Course

1 const double EIFFEL_TOWER_LAT = 48.85826;

All input is appreciated.

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I am always getting no gps data .check wiring why??????????

Can you tell me if this code work in ESP8266 or ESP32 ?

Whether i can use this library with nodemcu

Thanks for the so nice library.

Thanks again for the fantastic library.

Thanks again for this great library!

Thank You for a fantastic library, TinyGPS++.

first of all thanks for sharing your library.

Serial.println(“Latitude= “); // It works

Serial.println(temp_lat); // It doesen’t work.

Please, could you tell me what there is of wrong?

double temp_lat = gps.location.lat();

then this: if (GSATest.isUpdated()) {

Is there something else I need to do?

TinyGPSCustom GSATest(gps, “GNGSA”, 1); // $GNGSA sentence, first element

TinyGPSCustom satsInViewP(gps, “GPGSV”, 3);

TinyGPSCustom satsInViewL(gps, “GLGSV”, 3);

Thanks for a nice library.

TinyGPSCustom GSATest(gps, “GNGSA”, 15);

So, when I do this:

The sample code I referred to, previously, is here:

It’s not “magic”: it’s exactly what’s in the documentation:

Hi Mika, thankyou for library very nice!!

Everything works fine, as long as there are no zeros.

but if time is 00:01:00

The worst is the case of:

I am not a seasoned programmer… just sort of an advanced beginner.

@Alexander… see my github comment.

Hi and thanks for this amazing library.

Is position available in radians on TinyGPSPlus? Not of course a big thing.

TinyGPSPlus gps1, gps2;

… do stuff here with gps1 and gps2 …

GPS_plaatsdetectie:38: error: expected primary-expression before ‘.’ token

@Chris, thanks for the nice message.

@Christiaan, in C++ the syntax for static functions is

(Note double semicolon.)

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