GPS.getPosition()

This method gets GPS last position stored in numeric format.

It has no input parameter.

The return value is a Python tuple formatted in the following way:

(latitude, latNorS, longitude, lonEorW)

where:

the first element of tuple latitude is a Python integer which is latitude in (degrees * 10000000), that is in degrees with 10000000 scale factor

the second element of tuple latNorS is a Python string which is ‘N’ for north or ‘S’ for south

the third element of tuple longitude is a Python integer which is longitude in (degrees * 10000000), that is in degrees with 10000000 scale factor

fourth element of tuple lonEorW is a Python string which is ‘E’ for east or ‘W’ for west.

If GPS controller has no position information the following tuple will be returned:

(0, '', 0, '').

This method is available only for product versions from 12.00.xx6 and from 13.00.xx7.

Example:

pos = GPS.getPosition()

gets last position stored, assigning the return value to pos.