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990-0000058-1000  Rev F  Page 29 
$--GXY,xxxxxx.xxx,a,yyyyyy.yyy,b,hhmmss.ss,*hh<CR><LF> 
Table 4-7 GXY-Geographic Position X and Y Coordinates 
ARGUMENT 
DESCRIPTION 
xxxxxx.xxx  Double floating point numeric, may have leading negative sign. 
Represents horizontal axis of plane (X coordinate) 
a  Character label for X ( Must be valid ASCII character, but value is 
ignored) 
yyyyyy.yyy  Double floating point numeric, may have leading negative sign. 
Represents horizontal axis of plane (Y coordinate) 
b  Character label for Y ( Must be valid ascii character, but value is ignored) 
hhmmss.ss  Time of position fix. Hours|Minutes|Seconds.decimal - 2 fixed digits of 
hours, 2 fixed digits of minutes, 2 fixed digits of seconds and a variable 
number of digits for decimal fractions of seconds. Always pad with 
leading zeros. 
NOTE: 
The hhmmss.ss field is optional. 
GGU - Geographic Position - X and Y Coordinates 
X and Y coordinates of the present vessel position, time of position fix and status. 
$--GGU,xxxxxxxx.x,a,yyyyyyyy.y,b,hhmmss.ss,*hh<CR><LF> 
Table 4-8 GGU-Geographic Position X and Y Coordinates 
ARGUMENT 
DESCRIPTION 
xxxxxx.xxx  Double floating point numeric, may have leading negative sign. 
Represents horizontal axis of plane (X coordinate) 
a  Character label for X ( Must be valid ASCII character, but value is 
ignored) 
yyyyyy.yyy  Double floating point numeric, may have leading negative sign. 
Represents horizontal axis of plane (Y coordinate) 
b  Character label for Y ( Must be valid ascii character, but value is ignored) 
hhmmss.ss  Time of position fix. Hours|Minutes|Seconds.decimal - 2 fixed digits of 
hours, 2 fixed digits of minutes, 2 fixed digits of seconds and a variable 
number of digits for decimal fractions of seconds. Always pad with 
leading zeros. 










