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GPSToolKit Class
Properties
BaudRate
ExtendedFixData
IsGPSConnected
IsPortOpen
LastPositionUpdateTime
NavigationData
PortName
Protocol
Position
Satellites
Speed
TrueCourse
Methods
AddRoute
AddTrack
AddWaypoint
AutoDetectGPS
Close
GetAvailableSystemPorts
GetGPSInfo
GetRoutes
GetSystemPorts
GetTracks
GetWaypoints
Open
ShutOffGPS
WriteRawBinaryToGPS
WriteRawToGPS
Events
FileComplete
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NavigationUpdate
PositionUpdate
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Supporting Classes
Altitude
Angle
Distance
ExtendedFixData
Properties
DGPSRefStationID
EstimatedHorizontalError
EstimatedPositionError
EstimatedVerticalError
FixMode
GeoidHeightAboveWGS84
HDOP
MagneticVariation
NumSatellitesInView
PDOP
TimeSinceLastDGPSUpdate
VDOP
GPSInfo
Latitude
Methods
ToDecimalDegreesString
ToDegreesMinutesString
ToDegreesMinutesSecondsString
Longitude
Methods
ToDecimalDegreesString
ToDegreesMinutesString
ToDegreesMinutesSecondsString
NavData
Properties
ActiveRoute
ArrivedAtDest
CrossTrackError
DestWptName
DestWptPosition
IsValid
MagBearingFromOriginToDest
OriginWptName
TrueBearingFromOriginToDest
TrueBearingToDestWpt
VelocityTowardDestWpt
Position
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BearingFrom
BearingTo
DistanceTo
Route
Properties
Name
Waypoints
Satellite
Speed
Track
Properties
Color
DisplayTrack
Name
TrackPoints
TrackPoint
Waypoint
Collections
RouteCollection
SatelliteCollection
TrackCollection
TrackPointCollection
WaypointCollection

ExtendedFixData.HDOP Property

Returns the current GPS horizontal dilution of precision.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]
object.HDOP

[C#]
object.HDOP

[C++]
object->HDOP

Parameters

object

An object expression that evaluates to an ExtendedFixData instance.

Return Value

A double representing the current GPS HDOP.

Remarks

  • If no HDOP data is available this value is -1.
  • This property is only valid when using the NMEA 0183 protocol.

Default

-1

Errors

None

Example

[Visual Basic]
Dim hdop As Double

'Get HDOP
hdop = myGPSToolKit.ExtendedFixData.HDOP


[C#]
// Get HDOP
double hdop = myGPSToolKit.ExtendedFixData.HDOP;


[C++]
// Get HDOP
double hdop = myGPSToolKit->ExtendedFixData->HDOP;

See Also

PDOP property | VDOP property | ExtendedFixData class