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acquire packets like:
 strace -p $(pidof location-daemon) -e read=6 2>&1|grep '| 000'

alternatively you can capture them from the network interface, but this will include other modem information:
 tcpdump -i phonet0 -s 0 -w phonet.cap

== Packet Graph ==

| 00000  00 92 01 00 00 00 00 xx  05 00 00 00 09 03 00 10
          S------------------- T4  DL S-------------------
 | 00010  07 da 07 15 00 xx xx 00  xx xx 00 00 09 02 00 1c
          S------------- TL TS --        S----------------
 | 00020  xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx  00 00 xx xx 00 00 08 8b
          DL---       DL--- TS     S----       S---- ^eph^
 | 00030  xx 00 xx xx xx xx xx xx  09 04 00 14 62 7e xx xx
             S- DL TS---    DL MS  S---------- track SS---
 | 00040  xx xx 00 xx xx xx 00 xx  00 xx 00 00 09 05 00 74
          DL--- S-    TL    S- DS  S- DS S------------- DL
 | 00050  09 00 00 00 00 02 xx xx  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00
          DL S---------- T4--- MS  S- TS--- I  TS MI S----
 | 00060  00 04 xx xx xx xx xx xx  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx
          S- T4 T3 TS S- TL TS MS  TS MD S------- T4 TS---
 | 00070  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00  00 xx xx xx 00 03 xx xx
          S- TS--- I  TS MS S-------- T3 MS MS S- DL TS MS
 | 00080  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00
          TS MD S------- T3 TS MS  S- TS--- MS TS MI S----
 | 00090  00 xx xx xx 00 03 xx xx  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx
          S- TS------ S- DL TS MD  TS MS S------- TS SS+TS
 | 000a0  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00  00 xx xx xx 00 xx xx xx
          S- TL TS MS TS MD S-------- TS------ S- TL TS MI
 | 000b0  xx xx 00 00 00 xx xx xx  00 xx xx xx xx xx 00 00
          TS--- S------- TS--- MS  S- TS--- MI TS MS S----
 | 000c0  09 08 00 0c xx xx xx xx  xx xx xx xx
          DL----------------------------------

B9 BE 67 48 2D 08 AC 08 CC AF 0A EC 49 B5 C8 08 A8 0C 49 49 95 75 4C E8 8C 84 6B 8E EC 29 78 10 10 44 00 18 EF 8E EC 48 91 10 04 EA 18 EA 8E 8C A7 11 FE

=== Key ===
*S = Static, unchanging normally
*MS = Mostly static, varying in value normally slightly
*SS = Sometimes static, completely different values sometimes
*I = Incrementing
*MI = Incrementing, but not every packet
*D = Decrementing
*MD = Decrementing, but not every packet
*TS = Time-sensitive; changes over (short) durations of time
*TL = Time-sensitive, longer duration
*T3 = "
*T4 = ", overnight
*DS = Distance-sensitive; changes over at least 30m distance
*DL = Distance-sensitive, like across the world

== Packet Analysis ==
*??? = mode: The mode of the fix 
*??? = fields: A bitfield representing which items of this tuple contain valid data
*00 = ISI sequence ID (seems to be always 0 for GPS)
*01 = GPS Data Opcode (0x92)
*10,11 = time year
*12 = time month
*13 = time day
*15 = time hour
*16 = time minute
*18,19 = time seconds and milliseconds (in milliseconds)
*1a,1b = *probably* ept: Time accuracy, but *always* 0, so no way to verify
*20,21,22,23 = latitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
*24,25,26,27 = longitude / 360 * 256*256*256*256
*28 =
*2b,2c = 0590-12a9 (hex)
*2e,2f = eph (cm)
*30 =
*32,33,,36,37 = altitude; ((p32;33) - (p36;37)) / 2 = meters
*(34?,)35 = (double epv: Vertical position accuracy) * 2
*3c,3d = track: Direction of motion in hundredths of a degree
*3e,3f = epd: Track accuracy (in hundredths?)
*42,43 = speed, in centimetres per second
*44,45 = eps: speed accuracy, in centimetres per second
*46,47 = climb: Current rate of climb in cm/s
*48,4a = epc: Climb accuracy, in cm/s

== Wireshark ==

[[User:sre|Sebastian Reichel]] writes a lowlevel library to access the N900's modem features and a wireshark plugin to analyze the packages. The information from above is currently only included in the Wireshark Plugin:

* [http://elektranox.org/n900/images/wireshark/04.png Screenshot]
* [https://git.ring0.de/isi-wireshark-plugin/ Plugin]

[http://maemo.org/profile/view/luke-jr Luke Dashjr] wrote small program in C which show GPS data from phonet modem stack.

* [http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/gps2.c gps2.c]

[[Category:N900 Hardware]]

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 *46,47 = climb: Current rate of climb in cm/s
 *48,4a = epc: Climb accuracy, in cm/s
-== Protocol Details ==
-NOTE: I am counting octets based on zero.
-The actual packets are comprised of "sub-packets".
-The overall packet has a 12 byte header.
-The number of sub-packets is located at octet 8 (and possibly little-endian extended to octet 11).
-Each subpacket has a 4 byte header:
-* Octet 0 is always 9
-* Octet 1 is the subpacket type
-* Octet 2 is always 0
-* Octet 3 is the length of the subpacket (which includes the subpacket header itself)
-Subpacket 2 contains position information:
-* Octets 0-3 are the latitude
-* Octets 4-7 are the longitude
-* Octets 12-15 are "eph" (in centimetres)
-* Octets 18-23 are the altitude (and accuracy information)
-Subpacket 3 contains date and time information:
-* Octets 0-1 are the year
-* Octet 2 is the month
-* Octet 3 is the day of month
-* Octet 5 is the hour
-* Octet 6 is the minute
-* Octets 8-9 are milliseconds (including seconds)
-* Octets 10-11 are the time accuracy
-Subpacket 4 contains information on track, speed, and climb:
-* Octets 0-1 are track (direction of motion) in cm/sec
-* Octets 2-3 are the track accuracy
-* Octets 6-7 are the speed in cm/sec
-* Octets 8-9 are speed accuracy
-* Octets 8-11 are climb in cm/sec
-* Octets 12-13 are climb accuracy
-Subpacket 5 contains satellite information:
-* Octet 0 is the number of sats visible
-* Beginning with octet 8, there are series of 12-octet info for each sat visible:
-** Octet 1 is the PRN
-** Octet 2 is 1 if the sat is being used, and 0 otherwise
-** Octets 3-4 are the signal strength
-** Octets 6-7 are the elevation
-** Octets 8-9 are the azimuth
-Subpacket 7 contains information on the GSM cellular network:
-** Octets 0-1 contain the Mobile Country Code
-** Octets 2-3 contain the Mobile Network Code
-** Octets 4-5 contain the Location Area Code
-** Octets 6-7 contain the Cell ID
-Subpacket 8 contains information on the WCDMA cellular network:
-** Octets 0-1 contain the Mobile Country Code
-** Octets 2-3 contain the Mobile Network Code
-** Octets 4-7 contain the UC ID
 == Wireshark ==

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