# Gps dashboard for live location

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gps-dashboard-for-live-location/34193>\
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**Created:** [13 October 2020 18:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gps-dashboard-for-live-location/34193 "2020-10-13T18:13:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [14 October 2020 10:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gps-dashboard-for-live-location/34193/40 "2020-10-14T10:20:10Z")

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The buffer parser "was" setup and working as follows...

According to the PDF with sample data you could so this...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/e/0/e0600e9c01230cd1f8dcb10c0170c0c7fb9172b8.png)

which matches this...  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/c/5c23f2ced2d84b472abdad2c52d109d3f1f02cb3.png)

using buffer parser set as per the info you provided...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/a/cabec6da37f892cd37c392ef533c73922025f5e3.png)

[Link to thread](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/creation-of-function-node/34170/10)

### however

The values still need some math as per the PDF  
For example, you can clearly see from the screenshots above, we correctly make the values  
`lat: 5007.4965` and `lon:838.1157` just like in the screenshot of your documentation  
NOTE however that is not the end of the work - you need to apply the maths it states to turn those into usable coordinates.

So, to progress this, you could add a function node AFTER the buffer-parser and perform the necessary maths on `msg.payload.lat` and `msg.payload.lon` to make usable coordinates.

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