Bad Elf Flex: Point/Track Logs - CSV Specification

Bad Elf Flex: Point/Track Logs - CSV Specification

CSV Specification

The Bad Elf Flex is capable of exporting data logs as a lightweight .csv file. The list below contains the field names and definitions for a Bad Elf Flex generated point or track log CSV file.


Field Name

Description

LINE

Auto-incrementing line number starting with 1

DATE_TIME_UTC

Date and time in GMT

LATITUDE

Latitude in decimal degrees

LONGITUDE

Longitude in decimal degrees

ELEVATION_MSL

Elevation value reported by GPS in meters

ELLIPSOID_ELEVATION_M

Ellipsoidal value reported by GPS in meters (does not include pole height or antenna offset)

RECEIVER_GEOID_M

Geoid separation reported by GPS in meters, EGM96

SPEED_KPH

Speed in KPH

COURSE_ANGLE

Heading in decimal degrees

HDOP

Horizontal dilution of precision

VDOP

Vertical dilution of precision

PDOP

Positional dilution of precision

TYPE

Type of GPS fix, 1=none, 2=2d, 3=3d

QUALITY

Quality of GPS fix

0 = invalid

1 = GPS fix (SPS)

2 = DGPS fix

3 = PPS fix

4 = Real-Time Kinematic (RTK)

5 = Float RTK

6 = estimated (dead reckoning)

NST

Number of satellites being tracked

NSV

Number of satellites visible

HRMS

Horizontal RMS accuracy in meters (reported)

VRMS

Vertical RMS accuracy in meters (reported)

3DRMS

3D RMS accuracy in meters (reported)

CORR_TYPE

Correction type, ex. SBAS, RTCM3, L-BAND

CORR_FIX

Correction fix type, ex. FIX, FLOAT

CORR_AGE_SEC

Correction age in seconds

CORR_DISTANCE_KM

Distance to corrections source in KM

DATUM

DATUM in use, RTK_DATUM when in RTK mode

NTRIP_MOUNT

NTRIP mount point in use

ORTHO_MODEL

Orthometric model used for this recording

ORTHO_GEOID_M

Geoid separation in meters

ANTENNA_HEIGHT_M

Antenna height in meters including Bad Elf Flex antenna offset

ORTHO_HEIGHT_M

Calculated orthometric height

POINT_NAME

Point name, auto-generated or defined through the Bad Elf Flex app, empty for tracklogs



Note: Any addtional fields added in the future will be appended to the rightmost column in the .csv and will be annotated here.

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