GSOF message: Velocity

This message describes velocity information. It contains the following data:

• Horizontal velocity, in meters per second

• Vertical velocity, in meters per second

• Heading, in radians, referenced to WGS-84 True North

Velocity (Type 8 record)

Field	Item	Type	Value	Meaning
0	Output record type	Char	08h	Velocity data output record
1	Record length	Char	0Dh, 11D	Bytes in record
2	Velocity flags	Char	See Velocity flags: bit values	Velocity status flags
3 to 6	Horizontal velocity	Float	Meters per second	Horizontal velocity
7 to 10	Heading	Float	Radians	True north heading in the WGS-84 datum
11 to 14	Vertical velocity	Float	Meters per second	Vertical velocity
15 to 18	Local heading	Float	Meters per second	Heading in the local datum These bytes are included only if a local coordinate system is loaded.