Re: [Gpsbabel-code] [Patch] nmea.c to allow for optional RMC fields

[Robert L. <rob...@gp...>]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Warren Toomey <gps...@tu...> wrote:

> nmea.c reads all the fields in an NMEA RMC sentence, but on my GPS unit
> sometimes the ground speed and track angle values are omitted. This causes
> nmea.c to misinterpret the year/month/day of the sentence. The attached
> patch finds and reads the correct year/month/day value, regardless of the
> prescence of the ground speed and track angle values.
>

Most of our NMEA reader needs to be beaten with a similar stick.  Most
fields in NMEA are optional and we don't handle that well.  I've applied
this.  Thanx.





> The patch is against nmea.c from gpsbabel-1.3.7-beta20100215.
>
> P.S Many thanks for gpsbabel!
>
> Cheers,
>         Warren


>From the "small world" department, we've actually "met" before.     I used
to work with Dion Johnson and ran in the "Ancient UNIX" circles...

RJL