Get the GPS Altitude from the NMEA $GPGGA Sentence


GPS altitude data is returned in the NMEA $GPGGA sentence.

To read the NMEA Altitude,

  • Connect the AT Command Tester tool to the GPS device.
  • The tool will automatically read and parse the $GPGGA sentence and display the NMEA Altitude information.
  • The unit of the altitude is also returned in the $GPGGA sentence.

Learn more on how to use NMEA in the NMEA GPS tutorial.

Keywords: Module NMEA Altitude, M2M NMEA Altitude, GPRS NMEA Altitude, 3G NMEA Altitude, NMEA Altitude through AT commands,