GPS应用程序编写:方向与速度提醒

随着时间的推移,GPS设备分析你的位置，计算速度与方位。GPRMC语句包含了这些读数。速度总是以Knot为单位报告，
方位显示为一个方位角，水平测量的一种方法
顺时针测量从0到360，其中0代表北方，东部90表示，
一些数学应用到转换成英里每小时。下面的代码演示了全球定位系统的能力,
计算一辆车是否超过速度极限。

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'** Listing 1-5. Extracting speed and bearing
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Public Class NmeaInterpreter
 ' Raised when the current location has changed
 Public Event PositionReceived(ByVal latitude As String, ByVal longitude As String)
 Public Event DateTimeChanged(ByVal dateTime As DateTime)
 Public Event BearingReceived(ByVal bearing As Double)
 Public Event SpeedReceived(ByVal speed As Double)
 Public Event SpeedLimitReached()
 ' Processes information from the GPS receiver
 Public Function Parse(ByVal sentence As String) As Boolean
 ' Discard the sentence if its checksum does not match our calculated checksum
 If Not IsValid(sentence) Then Return False
 ' Look at the first word to decide where to go next
 Select Case GetWords(sentence)(0)
Case "$GPRMC"' A "Recommended Minimum" sentence was found!
Return ParseGPRMC(sentence)
Case Else
' Indicate that the sentence was not recognized
Return False
 End Select
 End Function
 ' Divides a sentence into individual words
 Public Function GetWords(ByVal sentence As String) As String()
 Return sentence.Split(","c)
 End Function
 ' Interprets a $GPRMC message
 Public Function ParseGPRMC(ByVal sentence As String) As Boolean
 ' Divide the sentence into words
 Dim Words() As String = GetWords(sentence)
 ' Do we have enough values to describe our location?
 If Words(3) <> "" And Words(4) <> "" And Words(5) <> "" And Words(6) <> "" Then
' Yes. Extract latitude and longitude
Dim Latitude As String = Words(3).Substring(0, 2) & "�"' Append hours
Latitude = Latitude & Words(3).Substring(2) & """" ' Append minutes
Latitude = Latitude & Words(4)' Append the hemisphere
Dim Longitude As String = Words(5).Substring(0, 3) & "�"' Append hours
Longitude = Longitude & Words(5).Substring(3) & """" ' Append minutes
Longitude = Longitude & Words(6)' Append the hemisphere
' Notify the calling application of the change
RaiseEvent PositionReceived(Latitude, Longitude)
 End If
 ' Do we have enough values to parse satellite-derived time?
 If Words(1) <> "" Then
' Yes. Extract hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds
Dim UtcHours As Integer = CType(Words(1).Substring(0, 2), Integer)
Dim UtcMinutes As Integer = CType(Words(1).Substring(2, 2), Integer)
Dim UtcSeconds As Integer = CType(Words(1).Substring(4, 2), Integer)
Dim UtcMilliseconds As Integer
' Extract milliseconds if it is available
If Words(1).Length > 7 Then UtcMilliseconds = CType(Words(1).Substring(7), Integer)
' Now build a DateTime object with all values
Dim Today As DateTime = System.DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime
Dim SatelliteTime As New System.DateTime(Today.Year, Today.Month, _
Today.Day, UtcHours, UtcMinutes, UtcSeconds, UtcMilliseconds)
' Notify of the new time, adjusted to the local time zone
RaiseEvent DateTimeChanged(SatelliteTime.ToLocalTime)
 End If
 ' Do we have enough information to extract the current speed?
 If Words(7) <> "" Then
' Yes. Convert it into MPH
Dim Speed As Double = CType(Words(7), Double) * 1.150779
' If we're over 55MPH then trigger a speed alarm!
If Speed > 55 Then RaiseEvent SpeedLimitReached()
' Notify of the new speed
RaiseEvent SpeedReceived(Speed)
 End If
 ' Do we have enough information to extract bearing?
 If Words(8) <> "" Then
' Indicate that the sentence was recognized
Dim Bearing As Double = CType(Words(8), Double)
RaiseEvent BearingReceived(Bearing)
 End If
 ' Indicate that the sentence was recognized
 Return True
 End Function
 ' Returns True if a sentence's checksum matches the calculated checksum
 Public Function IsValid(ByVal sentence As String) As Boolean
 ' Compare the characters after the asterisk to the calculation
 Return sentence.Substring(sentence.IndexOf("*") + 1) = GetChecksum(sentence)
 End Function
 ' Calculates the checksum for a sentence
 Public Function GetChecksum(ByVal sentence As String) As String
 ' Loop through all chars to get a checksum
 Dim Character As Char
 Dim Checksum As Integer
 For Each Character In sentence
Select Case Character
Case "$"c
 ' Ignore the dollar sign
Case "*"c
 ' Stop processing before the asterisk
 Exit For
Case Else
 ' Is this the first value for the checksum?
 If Checksum = 0 Then
 ' Yes. Set the checksum to the value
 Checksum = Convert.ToByte(Character)
 Else
 ' No. XOR the checksum with this character's value
 Checksum = Checksum Xor Convert.ToByte(Character)
 End If
End Select
 Next
 ' Return the checksum formatted as a two-character hexadecimal
 Return Checksum.ToString("X2")
 End Function
End Class