Bluetooth GPS: LCD Screen Views

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There are several screens of data accessible at your fingertips when using one of the Bad Elf Bluetooth models; Bad Elf GPS Pro, Bad Elf GPS Pro+, or the Bad Elf GNSS Surveyor.  The data screens are all accessed by tapping the GPS (bottom) button found on the Elf.  The ancillary screens, Bluetooth Status and Barometric Altimeter Status are accessed by tapping the Bluetooth (middle) button on the Elf.  

Home screen:  After acquiring a positional lock this is the default view on the LCD.  The screen is split into quadrants showing Speed, Track, Altitude, and Accuracy (Horizontal plane).

Satellites View:  Supplies some basic details about the constellation.  How many Sats. are in View, How many Sats. are in Use, along with their relative signal strengths displayed as a bar graph.

Location View:  Provides the Longitude and Latitude in several user-configurable formats.

Accuracy View:  The screen is split into quadrants showing  Fix Type, Horizontal Accuracy,  Vertical Accuracy, and an Overall Positional Accuracy

GPS Logger View:  Indicates whether or not the logging is OFF/ON and the amount of Free Memory.  Some configurable settings will also be indicated on this screen; Changes to logging rate and whether a Smart Filter is selected, In addition, if actively logging a timer indicating the duration of the current session is displayed.

Bluetooth Status:  Indicates whether or not the Antenna is OFF/ON, the number of active connections, and pairing status.  

Barometric Altimeter Screen:  The screen is split into quadrants showing 

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