GNSS Data Decoder for Satellites In View
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2026 12:27 pm
Visit a new section of the continuousWave website to access a hosted data decoder that will decode and present data about satellites in view from a live feed of that data from an GNSS receiver attached to your hosting computer via USB. This tool will give you an excellent display of information about what satellites are in view, which are being used in the position solution, what the accuracy is, and much more information.
Visit:
https://GNSS.continuousWave.com
to access the tool. All the processing is occurring on your host computer. There is no transmission of the GNSS data back and forth from the GNSS.continuouswave.com website. Everything is happening on your host computer. You can see the type of presentation that will occur with your live connection to your own GNSS receiver using the simulation mode option. Try that first to see what is possible.
To connect to your own GNSS receiver via a serial connection, youi MUST use the Chrome browser (or another browser that supports the web-serial communication protocol). You CANNOT use Apple's SAFARI browser because Apple intentionally does not support the web-serial communication protocol.
You must have a working GNSS receiver connected to your host computer via a serial data link. The simplest method for this is to use a GNSS receiver with a USB cable interface. In order for a GNSS receiver using a USB connection to work, your host computer and its operating system must have the proper USB driver. You need to know the serial port identity and the baud rate. Check with the manufacturer of you GNSS USB receiver to find the default baud rate.
If you can meet those criteria, you can obtain a wealth of data about your GNSS receiver and what satellites are in view. You will need to select the correct serial data source in order to connect to your local GNSS receiver. On Windows this typically will be a comm port, such as COM 3 or similar. On MacOS the serial port will be something like
The webpage has been tested with MacOS and Chrome, and with WindowOS and Chrome.
Visit:
https://GNSS.continuousWave.com
to access the tool. All the processing is occurring on your host computer. There is no transmission of the GNSS data back and forth from the GNSS.continuouswave.com website. Everything is happening on your host computer. You can see the type of presentation that will occur with your live connection to your own GNSS receiver using the simulation mode option. Try that first to see what is possible.
To connect to your own GNSS receiver via a serial connection, youi MUST use the Chrome browser (or another browser that supports the web-serial communication protocol). You CANNOT use Apple's SAFARI browser because Apple intentionally does not support the web-serial communication protocol.
You must have a working GNSS receiver connected to your host computer via a serial data link. The simplest method for this is to use a GNSS receiver with a USB cable interface. In order for a GNSS receiver using a USB connection to work, your host computer and its operating system must have the proper USB driver. You need to know the serial port identity and the baud rate. Check with the manufacturer of you GNSS USB receiver to find the default baud rate.
If you can meet those criteria, you can obtain a wealth of data about your GNSS receiver and what satellites are in view. You will need to select the correct serial data source in order to connect to your local GNSS receiver. On Windows this typically will be a comm port, such as COM 3 or similar. On MacOS the serial port will be something like
- /dev/cu.PL2303G-USBtoUARTnnnn
The webpage has been tested with MacOS and Chrome, and with WindowOS and Chrome.