Library tutorials & articles tagged with gps
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GPS- Deriving British Ordnance Survey Grid Reference from NMEA data
by Alex Etchells
The NMEA data exported by GPS units gives latitude and longitude and geometric distance above the WGS84 (GRS80) reference ellipsoid. The Ordnance Survey maps for Great Britain use grid references based on the Airy Spheroid (OSGB36) reference ellipsoid. The following article discusses a C# class to convert GPS derived NMEA data to the British Ordnance Survey Grid.
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Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part 2
by Jon Person
In part two of the series, the author of "GPS.NET" teaches developers how to write GPS applications suitable for the real world by mastering GPS precision concepts. Source code includes a working NMEA interpreter and sample high-precision application in C# and VB.NET.
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Writing GPS Applications in .NET: Part 1
by Jon Person
An introduction to writing GPS applications in .NET good enough for use in a commerical environment such as in-car navigation.