GPS Distance Problem

[Georg]

Hello,

i'd like to check the distance with GPS Modul. I use some functions from GPS4PPC.sbp and modified it. P.E.

Sub Timer1_Tick
stat = GPS1.Status
If Serial1.InBufferCount > 0 Then
Label2.Text = "GPS is connected."
GPS1.GPSStream(Serial1.InputString)
north = GPS1.LatitudeHemisphere
If checkdis < 1 Then
If north = "n" Then
n = true
Else
n = false
End If
n = true
n = true
vlat = GPS1.Latitude
vlot = GPS1.Longitude
End If
checkdis = checkdis +1
If checkdis = 5 Then
distanz
checkdis = 0
End If
counter = 0
Else
counter = counter + 1
If counter >= 5 Then 'After 5 seconds without any data we will try to make a new connection.
counter = 0
Timer1.Enabled = false
Serial1.PortOpen = false
Label2.Text = "No connection."
GPS1.GPSBuffer = ""
If Msgbox("GPS was disconnected." & crlf & "Do you want to reconnect?","",cMsgboxYesNo) = cYes Then
mnuConnect_Click 'Try to reconnect.
End If
End If
End If
End Sub

Sub distanz
If Gps1.SpeedOverGround * umrech >5 Then
n = true
LL() = Converter.UTMToLatLon(6378137,1/298.257223563,33,vlat,n,vlot)
lat1 = LL.Lat
lon1 = LL.Lon

LL() = Converter.UTMToLatLon(6378137,1/298.257223563,33,GPS1.Latitude,n,GPS1.Longitude)
Distance_Course(lat1,lon1,LL.Lat,LL.Lon)

dis() = res()
di = (dis.Distance * 1.852 + da)
dia= Round(di ,2)
label5.Text = dia
da = dia
End If

End Sub

But i get creazy results. If i multiplicate di with 1000 then the distance is around the true distance but only around. What' wrong?

Georg

[Erel]

What is the purpose of this line:

LL() = Converter.UTMToLatLon(6378137,1/298.257223563,33,GPS1.Latitude,n,GPS1.Longitude)

[Georg]

That is the new position after 5 seconds

[Erel]

UTMToLatLon expects UTM coordinates and returns Lat/Lon coordinates.

Course_Distance expects Lat/Lon coordinates so no conversion is required anyway.

[Georg]

It does not work to calculate the distanc with Lat/Lon during the drive, to much diverence. I made it on this way and it works fine

Sub distanz
If Gps1.SpeedOverGround * umrech >= 4 Then
sek = sek +1
da =da + (Gps1.SpeedOverGround * umrech/3600)
di = Round(da,2)
If di > 0 Then
label8.Text = Round(da*3600/sek,2) & " Km/h"
End If
label9.Text = di & " Km"
If sek/3600 > 1 Then
h = Round(sek/3600,0)
m = (sek -(h*3600))/60
Else
h = 0
m = Round(sek/60,0)
End If
label14.Text = h & " h " & m & " min"
End If

End Sub

called by Timer

umrech value of miles or Km

perhaps it helps some other one

Georg

[Agrartec]

Hi Georg,
do I really understand you, that you want to measure the distance while moving? I did this using UTM-data. Here Measuring distance on move is the thread to the code sample.

John

[Georg]

Hi John,

thank you. That is exactly what i searching for. It works very well. You are right with GPS.SpeedOverGround > 2. But sometimes the Speed on my Devise runs up to 6 and 7 Km/h without moving. Perhaps the problem is, that in germany all the things are more nervous.

Georg