1) )Objective：

Use Arduino Mega2560 to get Latitude ,longitude and altitude from U-BLOX NEO-6M GPS module

2)Parts
1 x Arduino Mega2560 board

1 x U-BLOX NEO-6M GPS module

3) About U-BLOX NEO-6M GPS module

The module uses U-BLOX NEO-6M module.The module comes with high-performance ceramic antenna, which is equival of the integrated active antenna.Module comes with EEPROM. All configuration information can be stored in the EEPROM. A variety of configurations to meet your needs.The module also comes with a rechargeable backup battery (to support warm or warm start. after the main power supply power off, back-up battery power can maintain a half hour for GPS receiver data stored).

Features

• Use U-BLOX NEO-6M modular, compact, and excellent performance.
• Comes with ceramic antenna, capability of searching star is quite good.
• You can set various parameters via the serial port, and can be stored in the EEPROM, and easy to use.
• Compatible with 3.3V / 5V level, for easy connection to a variety of microprocessor systems.
• built-in rechargeable backup battery, can retentive ephemeris data

Technical Parameters

Notice

• Outdoor use
• Note Lightning and waterproof
• Do not support Raspberry Pi 3 B (Because of RPi 3B’s serial port problem, it may have other solution)

4) Circuit connection and graph

4) Source code:

 
String data="";
int mark = 0;
boolean Mark_Start=false;
boolean valid=false;
String GGAUTCtime,GGAlatitude,GGAlongitude,GPStatus,SatelliteNum,HDOPfactor,Height,
PositionValid,RMCUTCtime,RMClatitude,RMClongitude,Speed,Direction,Date,Declination,Mode;
void setup(){
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial1.begin(9600);
  Serial.println(0);
  delay(1000);
}

void loop(){
  while (Serial1.available()> 0){
    if(Mark_Start){
      data=reader();
      Serial.println(data);
      if(data.equals("GPGGA")){
        //Serial.println(1);
        GGAUTCtime=reader();
        GGAlatitude=reader();
        GGAlatitude+=reader();
        GGAlongitude=reader();
        GGAlongitude+=reader();
        GPStatus=reader();
        SatelliteNum=reader();
        HDOPfactor=reader();
        Height=reader();
        Mark_Start=false;
        valid=true;
        data="";

      }
      else if(data.equals("GPGSA")){
        Serial.println(2);
        Mark_Start=false;
        data="";
      }
      else if(data.equals("GPGSV")){
        Serial.println(3);
        Mark_Start=false;
        data="";
      }
      else if(data.equals("GPRMC")){
        //Serial.println(4);
        RMCUTCtime=reader();
        PositionValid=reader();
        RMClatitude=reader();
        RMClatitude+=reader();
        RMClongitude=reader();
        RMClongitude+=reader();
        Speed=reader();
        Direction=reader();
        Date=reader();
        Declination=reader();
        Declination+=reader();
        Mode=reader();
        valid=true;
        Mark_Start=false;
        data="";
      }
      else if(data.equals("GPVTG")){
        Serial.println(5);
        Mark_Start=false;
        data="";
      }
      else{
        Serial.println(6);
        Mark_Start=false;
        data="";
      }
    }
    if(valid){
      if(PositionValid=="A"){
        Serial.println("Position Valid");
      }
      else{
        Serial.println("Your position is not valid.");
      }
      Serial.print("Date:");
      Serial.println(Date);
      Serial.print("UTCtime:");
      Serial.print(RMCUTCtime);
      Serial.print("   ");
      Serial.println(GGAUTCtime);
      Serial.print("Latitude:");
      Serial.print(RMClatitude);
      Serial.print("   ");
      Serial.println(GGAlatitude);
      Serial.print("Longitude:");
      Serial.print(RMClongitude);
      Serial.print("   ");
      Serial.println(GGAlongitude);
      Serial.print("GPStatus:");
      Serial.println(GPStatus);
      Serial.print("SatelliteNum:");
      Serial.println(SatelliteNum);
      Serial.print("HDOPfactor:");
      Serial.println(HDOPfactor);
      Serial.print("Height:");
      Serial.println(Height);
      Serial.print("Speed:");
      Serial.println(Speed);
      Serial.print("Direction:");
      Serial.println(Direction);
      Serial.print("Declination:");
      Serial.println(Declination);
      Serial.print("Mode:");
      Serial.println(Mode);     
      valid=false;
    }
    if(Serial1.find("$")){
      Serial.println("capture");
      Mark_Start=true;
    }
  }

}

String reader(){
  String value="";
  int temp;
startover:
  while (Serial1.available() > 0){
    delay(2);
    temp=Serial1.read();
    if((temp==',')||(temp=='*')){
      if(value.length()){
        //Serial.println("meaningful message");
        return value;
      }
      else {
        //Serial.println("empty");
        return "";
      }     
    }
    else if(temp=='$'){
      //Serial.println("failure");
      Mark_Start=false;
    }
    else{
      //Serial.println("add");
      value+=char(temp);
    }
  }
  while (!(Serial1.available()>0)){
  }
  goto startover;
}

5) Result：

Bring U-BLOX NEO-6M GPS module outdoor, open serial monitor window in Arduino IDE(upper right corner)

You will see following data information: