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LocationFix

A navigation satellite fix for any Global Navigation Satellite System

Panel support

LocationFix is used in the Map panel.

Schema

fieldtypedescription
timestamptimeTimestamp of the message
frame_idstringFrame for the sensor. Latitude and longitude readings are at the origin of the frame.
latitudefloat64Latitude in degrees
longitudefloat64Longitude in degrees
altitudefloat64Altitude in meters
position_covariancefloat64[9]Position covariance (m^2) defined relative to a tangential plane through the reported position. The components are East, North, and Up (ENU), in row-major order.
position_covariance_typePositionCovarianceTypeIf position_covariance is available, position_covariance_type must be set to indicate the type of covariance.

Reference implementations

Foxglove schemas are framework-agnostic, and can be implemented using any supported message encoding:

encodingschema
ROS 1foxglove_msgs/LocationFix
ROS 2foxglove_msgs/msg/LocationFix
JSONfoxglove.LocationFix
Protobuffoxglove.LocationFix
FlatBuffersfoxglove.LocationFix
OMG IDLfoxglove::LocationFix

You must use the schema names specified above for Foxglove to recognize the schema.