# Speed/course over ground

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/speed-course-over-ground/3652>\
**Category:** Starnote\
**Created:** [September 30, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/speed-course-over-ground/3652 "2026-09-30T10:59:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![satlog.io](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@satlog.io](https://discuss.blues.com/u/satlog.io)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/speed-course-over-ground/3652/1 "2026-09-30T10:59:20Z")

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For our application we currently use a 2nd GNSS/GPS receiver in order to get COG/SOG (in addition to the lat/longitude). Since GNSS is part of the Starnote board, how can we get the COG/SOG fields via the CLI interface?

If we can get this via a location data request we can remove our GNSS receiver from the board, saving both BOM cost, complexity and board estate.

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**Author:** ![RobLauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/roblauer/32/1567_2.png) [@RobLauer](https://discuss.blues.com/u/RobLauer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/speed-course-over-ground/3652/2 "2026-09-30T18:59:31Z")

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Hi @satlog.io,

Unfortunately neither Starnote nor Notecard firmware expose the GPS’s own COG/SOG values. The closest thing you can get today is the `_track.qo` Note as that includes `velocity` in m/s and `bearing` in degrees…but those are calculated from the distance and time between two tracking points so they are averages (and they are only available in Notehub when you enable [tracking mode](https://dev.blues.io/guides-and-tutorials/notecard-guides/asset-tracking-with-gps/)).

Thanks,  
Rob

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**Author:** ![satlog.io](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@satlog.io](https://discuss.blues.com/u/satlog.io)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/speed-course-over-ground/3652/3 "2026-09-30T19:32:50Z")

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Thanks Rob, that matches with what we’ve found.

Is there a technical limitation for this? Would be helpful, for now we’re combining the data on the backend, but the device would benefit from this as well.