NMEA (GPS) sentence to a map location

Question

I'm having a hard time understanding how to see on a map the location given to me by some location NMEA sentence:

foe example: given the sentence

$GPRMC,225446,A,4916.45,N,12311.12,W,000.5,054.7,191194,020.3,E*68

where and what information do I type, to see this location on a map?

Lubricity

What language or platform are you trying to do this in? See gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm#RMC for the format. The coordinates in your example are approximately 49.16 N, 123.11 W. – Parthinia

I write in c++, but I dont see hoe it matters... and how do I see this location on a map? thanks – Lubricity

Go to Google Maps and enter "49.16 N, 123.11 W" in the search box. – Parthinia

Oh never mond.. I just need to entry those parameters into some mapping site. thanks – Lubricity

Answer 1

just put those params into http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/

Lubricity

Answer 2

It is in ddmm.mmmm format for latitude and in dddmm.mmmm for longitude

to convert it into dd.dddd format you will need to do

dd + mm.mmmm/60 for latitude
ddd + mm.mmmm/60 for longitude

in your case

4916.45,N,12311.12,W

will be

49 + (16.45/60) = 49.2741 N
123 + (11.12/60) = 123.1853 W

simply put (49.2741 N 123.1853 W) on google maps to see the location

Anemia

Answer 3

go to this website: https://www.gpsvisualizer.com

click on "Plot data points"

Now you will see text box. copy your NMEA strings there. it will display the positions on the map

Dithyrambic