MagneticVariationDirection

Applies to

GPSHeading objects

Description

The MagneticVariationDirection property specifies the direction, east or west, of the magnetic variation. If the GPS device does not support measurement of the magnetic variation, this value is empty. Values are E for East or W for West.

Usage


In scripts

The MagneticVariationDirection property takes a Char value. This example writes the true heading and magnetic variation to a multiline edit box:

real TrueHeading
real MV
char MVD
GPSHeading myGPSHeading

TrueHeading = myGPSHeading.Heading
MV = myGPSHeading.MagneticVariation
MVD = myGPSHeading.MagneticVariationDirection
mle_1 = "True heading: " + String(TrueHeading) + "~r~n"
mle_1 += "Variation: " + String(MV) + MVD