This module is useful for displaying data received from NMEA compatible GPS devices. The GPS device can be connected via a USB or a COM port.

The module allows the user to choose which information will be decoded from the NMEA string sent by the GPS device. Latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, bearing and time can be decoded. Depending on the GPS device, not all information may be transmitted. Check with your GPS provider in case some information cannot be displayed. Since NMEA compatible GPS devices deliver a new message every second, this information is refreshed every second. As a consequence, all frames received between 2 messages will be stamped with the same and constant information.

The GPS data can be "burnt" on each image or simply be overlaid (no damage to the image data). You can specify the font type, size, position and location in the image. The "Save GPS data to file" can be used during recording. It will create a comma separated text file that stores the selected GPS information along with the index of each image. The file is created in the same folder as the recorded sequence and is using the sequence file name with a .txt extension. If the destination media for recording is RAM rather than disk, the file is created on the C drive and is called "RAM sequence_gps.txt".

Note: The GPS positioning module requires a separate license code.