Altitude

Applies to

GPSFix objects

Description

Indicates the height above mean sea level in meters of the current position fix.

Usage

In scripts

The Altitude property is a real number indicating the height of a GPS fix above mean sea level. The following lines create a SerialGPS object, retrieve information about the current fix, and write the altitude to a single line edit box:

SerialGps myGPS
GPSFix myFix

Integer rc

MyGPS = CREATE SerialGPS
rc = myGPS.Open()
...
rc = MyGPS.GetFix(myFix)
sle_1.txt = "Altitude: " + String(myFix.Altitude) + "M"