Remove unreliable points with high hdop or vdop (discard)
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## Remove unreliable points with high hdop or vdop (discard)

This filter is used to "fix" unreliable GPS data by discarding points that are believed to be unreliable. You may specify an HDOP and/or VDOP above a specified limit, a minimum number of satellites that must have been in view for a fix to be considered, or both.

HDOP and VDOP are measures of the best possible horizontal or vertical precision for a given configuration of GPS satellites. Higher numbers indicate a higher dilution of precision and therefore mathematically less useful.

Example 4.19. Using the discard filter for HDOP and VDOP.

`gpsbabel -i gpx -f in.gpx -x discard,hdop=10,vdop=20,hdopandvdop -o gpx -F out.gpx`

You may specify a minimum number of satellites.

Example 4.20. Using the discard filter to require at least three satellites.

`gpsbabel -i gpx -f in.gpx -x discard,sat=3 -o gpx -F out.gpx`

Contributed by Tobias Minich and Serge Droz.

### hdop option

Suppress waypoints with higher hdop.

This option specifies the maximum allowable Horizontal Dilution of Precision (HDOP). By default, any point with an HDOP in excess of this value will be discarded regardless of its VDOP, but see `hdopandvdop`.

### vdop option

Suppress waypoints with higher vdop.

This option specifies the maximum allowable Vertical Dilution of Precision (VDOP). By default, any point with an VDOP in excess of this value will be discarded regardless of its HDOP, but see `hdopandvdop`.

### hdopandvdop option

Link hdop and vdop supression with AND.

If this option is used, only points that exceed both the maximum allowable HDOP and the maximum allowable VDOP will be discarded. This option requires that both the `hdop` and `vdop` options be specified.

### sat option

Minimium sats to keep waypoints.

This option specifies the minimum required number of satellites.

### fixnone option

Suppress waypoints without fix.

This option is similar to the 'sat' option. There are times when some GPSes will know how many satellites are in view, but not yet computed a valid fix. This option allows you to discard those points.

### fixunknown option

Suppress waypoints with unknown fix.

This option is similar to the 'sat' option. Some GPSes will log points with a fix value of 'unknown'. This option allows you to discard those points.

### elemin option

Suppress waypoints below given elevation in meters.

This option drops waypoints with an altitude lower than the specified value (in meters). Although GPS altitude isn't very accurate, GPS devices may log faulty waypoints from time to time, such as when near tall buildings. Elevation values that are way off may signify such waypoints. Use this option to the filter to toss known rogue points.

### elemax option

Suppress waypoints above given elevation in meters.

This option drops waypoints with an altitude higher than the specified value (in meters). See elemin for an explanation why this may be useful.

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