GEOPRIV M. Thomson
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Locations with Locally-Defined Coordinate Reference Systems for the
Presence Information Data Format - Location Object (PIDF-LO)
draft-thomson-geopriv-indoor-location-01
Abstract
A method is described for constructing a Presence Information Data
Format - Location Object (PIDF-LO) document that contains location
information using a locally-defined coordinate reference system
(CRS). This form of representation allows for use of locally-defined
coordinates with potential advantages for improved accuracy and
usability in local context, in particular location applications that
operate indoors. A framework for defining a local CRS is provided.
A process for transformation of coordinates defined in the local CRS
and the widely used World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) CRS is
defined.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Example Use Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Generating Local Location Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1. Local Map Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Local Coordinate Reference System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. Cartesian Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2. Local or Indoor Datum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2.1. Anchor Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.2.2. Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. Local Map Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.1. Image Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.2. Map Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.3. Reference Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.4. Pixel Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.5. Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.5.1. Map Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. Coordinate Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.1. Conversion from WGS84 to Local CRS . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.2. Conversion from Local CRS to WGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.3. Transformation Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.4. Managing Uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.5. Angles of Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8. Example PIDF-LO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9. GML Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.1. Units of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.2. Code Space Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
10. XML Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12.1. URN Sub-Namespace Registration for
'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:geopriv:indoor' . . . . . . . . . 27
12.2. XML Schema Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
13. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
14. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
14.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
14.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Appendix A. Calculating WGS84 ECEF Up, North and East Vectors . . 30
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1. Introduction
Providing location information in indoor environments presents new
sets of technical challenges and use cases for location determination
and representation. For use indoors, location information that is in
a form specific to that locality can be both more accurate and more
usable.
The ability to specify relative coordinates simplifies the use of
local applications, especially local mapping or navigation
applications, which often rely on floor plan images or provide
directions based on fixtures of the local environment.
Within the confines of a building, or in any local context, location
information might be determined in relation to fixtures in that
environment. This might provide location information that is highly
accurate within a local region, but errors are added if conversion to
a globally useful form like World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) are
required.
For instance, wireless positioning systems within a building might
provide excellent accuracy in relation to the wireless
transmitters. However, in converting locations in a local
reference frame to a globally applicable systems such as WGS84,
these systems encounter difficulties.
On the other hand, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS),
which are widely used to generate location information, operate
poorly indoors or anywhere an unobstructed view of the sky cannot
be found.
For these cases and others like them, avoiding conversion steps
ensures that unnecessary errors are not introduced.
1.1. Solution
A means to describe a location in relation to a fixed reference is
defined. These locations use the forms defined in [OGC.GeoShape],
using a custom coordinate reference system (CRS).
A form for defining a local CRS is described, such that locations in
that CRS can be trivially translated to and from the World Geodetic
System 1984 (WGS84) CRS used in PIDF-LO. This allows for location to
be expressed in a canonical form, while preserving the location
information for use in the local context.
Guidelines are further provided for constructing a Presence
Information Data Format - Location Object (PIDF-LO) document
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[RFC4119] so that existing applications and consumers of location
information are able to operate. These guidelines are based on those
described in RFC 5491 [RFC5491].
1.2. Example Use Case
A shopper uses the information contained in a PIDF-LO to identify the
location of a store in a mall. The geodetic location information
[OGC.GeoShape] or civic address information [RFC5139] helps the
shopper identify the location of the mall.
The relative, or indoor, location representation helps the shopper
find the store within the mall. This information can be used
together with a map of the mall, providing information in a form that
is more readily usable to the shopper. The location of the store or
the shopper can be overlaid on the provided map, aiding in finding
the store.
Transformation from WGS84 to the local CRS allows the shopper to use
location determination methods that are not aware of the local CRS.
Conversely, the location in the local CRS can be transformed into a
geodetic location for use outside of the mall, or for applications
that are unaware of the local context.
2. Conventions used in this document
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
3. Overview
A location in a user-defined CRS is included in a PIDF-LO document as
shown in Figure 1, which includes the high-level elements involved.
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* geodetic tuple
* geodetic location
...
* indoor tuple
* indoor location
* local CRS
#indoorCRS
* coordinate system
* local datum
* image information
...
Figure 1: PIDF-LO Structure Overview
Two tuples are included in the PIDF-LO. One containing geodetic
location information, the second containing locally defined
coordinates. Depending on how the location generator operates,
transformation (Section 7) might be used to construct one or other
location element.
The first "tuple" (or "device" or "person") contains geodetic
information [OGC.GeoShape]. This first tuple uses a WGS84 CRS, so
that the information is usable outside of the local context.
Aside from being required by [RFC5491], this ensures that overly
simplistic processors that rely on tuple ordering do not
erroneously assume the use of WGS84 with the subsequent shape
information.
A second "tuple" includes location information using a Geography
Markup Language (GML) [OGC.GML-3.1.1] geometry element, but using a
custom, geo-referenced CRS in place of the WGS84 reference that is
used for the geodetic shape. A formal definition of the CRS is
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included in the tuple with the shape.
The CRS is defined only within the scope of the PIDF-LO. A URI
fragment identifier is used to identify the CRS "srsName" parameters
that reference the CRS.
A reference to a GML dictionary containing the CRS MAY be used in
place of the fragment identifier used in this document. An "http:"
or "https:" URI MUST be used for this purpose unless an alternative
scheme is known to be supported or recognized by recipients of the
PIDF-LO. Authors of PIDF-LO documents that rely on providing a
reference to the CRS need to have some assurance that all potential
recipients of the location information are either able to resolve the
reference or do not require the local information.
This document describes a means of generating a geodetic location
from a locally defined location, providing that the reference point
of the local CRS is specified as a geodetic location. If a civic
address is used as a reference point, other information is needed to
ensure that the location information is useful outside of the local
context.
4. Generating Local Location Information
When creating location information for use in a local context, a
coordinate reference system definition is required. Once the CRS is
defined, the shapes from [OGC.GeoShape] can be used with an "srsName"
attribute that references the newly defined CRS, rather than WGS84.
The locally-defined shapes only differ from those in [OGC.GeoShape]
by the CRS identifier used:
47.5 22
2.4
A GML "EngineeringCRS" element is used to define a local coordinate
reference system. An engineering CRS is formed of an identifier and
name, a coordinate system and a datum.
The "gml:id" attribute of "EngineeringCRS" contains any valid XML
name. The "srsName" includes a URI fragment [RFC3986] that refers to
this identifier; this value is used in the "srsName" in place of a
WGS84 CRS URI. No "codeSpace" attribute is included.
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#indoorCRS
The CRS then needs a reference to the coordinate system defined in
this document (Section 5.1). This reference is provided using an
XLink [W3C.REC-xlink-20010627] attribute:
An engineering datum is used to define how the coordinate system then
relates to the local environment. This uses the "IndoorDatum"
element defined in this document (Section 5.2). This uses similar
identification to the CRS definition:
#officeDatum
...
An indoor datum requires a reference point (Section 5.2.1) and an
orientation (Section 5.2.2) angle. The reference point is described
using either a geodetic shape [OGC.GeoShape], a civic address
[RFC5139], or both elements according to the rules in RFC 5491
[RFC5491]. A complete example document is included in Section 8.
4.1. Local Map Image
An optional map image can be provided to be used in presenting the
local information. If a map image is used as a reference, then pixel
coordinates from an image can then be used directly.
The manner in which a map image can be related to the local
coordinate system is described in Section 6.
5. Local Coordinate Reference System
A coordinate reference system (CRS) requires the definition of a
coordinate system, and a description of how that coordinate system
relates to a particular model of physical space.
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The coordinate system used in relation to images is defined in this
document. All images use the same coordinate system. Two coordinate
systems are defined, identified by the URNs:
o urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor#cs3d
o urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor#cs2d
The datum that establishes the origin for the coordinate system is
defined during construction of the PIDF-LO. The datum is anchored to
a specific location.
Section 8 shows an example definition of an coordinate reference
system that include the definition of a location-specific datum that
corresponds to a specific anchor point.
5.1. Cartesian Coordinate System
A custom coordinate reference system (CRS) is defined for use in
representing indoor locations. This allows positions to be expressed
in relation to a floor plan or map.
Section 10 includes the definition of two Cartesian coordinate
systems. The two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system is
identified by the URN
"urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor#cs2d". The three-
dimensional Cartesian coordinate system is identified by the URN
"urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor#cs3d".
The coordinate system described is positively oriented (that is, it
is right-handed). The two-dimensional coordinate system uses x- and
y-axes to represent coordinates. The three-dimensional coordinate
system adds a z-axis.
5.2. Local or Indoor Datum
The image datum establishes a relationship between the coordinate
system and a physical space.
An extension of the GML "ImageDatum" type is used to define a datum
precisely. This definition allows for transformation between the
local CRS and WGS84.
Note: WGS84 coordinates are specified in the order of latitude,
longitude, altitude. The local coordinate system is specified in
order: x, y, z. With an orientation of zero the x-axis roughly
corresponds to longitude, and the y-axis to the inverse of
latitude. Following the process described in Section 7 ensures
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that this "reordering" does not introduce errors.
5.2.1. Anchor Location
This engineering datum identifies a point in space as the location of
the origin. This can be objectively specified using WGS84
coordinates in a geodetic shape [OGC.GeoShape]; alternatively, it can
be subjectively specified using a civic address [RFC5139]. Both
forms of location data MAY be included.
The form of reference location that is used depends on what purpose
the information is intended to serve. A geodetic reference location
provides a basis for unambiguous transformation between locations in
the locally-defined CRS and WGS84. Civic addresses are often more
readily usable by people.
The "anchor" element allows for the inclusion of any form of GML
geometry. Geodetic shapes produced by implementations conforming to
this specification MUST use one of the forms described in
[OGC.GeoShape].
A single reference point can derived from the provided location. The
centroid of the geodetic shape [I-D.thomson-geopriv-uncertainty] is
used if the origin is included with uncertainty. This point is used
to anchor the local datum, as well as establishing the plane of the
horizontal.
The means for determining a point from a civic address is not
defined. The "LOC" field of the civic address can be used to provide
a textual description of the reference point.
5.2.2. Orientation
In many cases, it is convenient to use a rotated coordinate system in
the local context. It is rare that a building is neatly aligned with
North. Within the local context, directions are made in relation to
the building, not the cardinal directions.
Maps for use within structures are only rarely produced with geodetic
North toward the top of the image. Building maps are often oriented
so that the majority of features do not appear at irregular angles on
the map.
The "orientation" element provides a way to use locally useful
coordinates. This element contains a single angular measure that
describes how the local coordinate system is oriented in relation to
the North and East directions from the reference point (see
Appendix A).
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The positive x-axis corresponds to an Easting vector at the anchor
point, rotated in a clockwise direction (that is, Northing to
Easting) about the vertical by the orientation angle. Similarly, the
y-axis corresponds to a rotated Northing vector.
^ North
|
| _
+--._ /\ y-axis
| `. / (north+o)
| /
| /
| /
| /
| /
| /
|/ East
o-------------+--------->
`-._ |
`-._ ; orientation
`-._/
`-._
`_| x-axis
[ Up == z-axis ] (east+o)
The z-axis in the three-dimensional coordinate system is oriented
directly upwards from the plane tangential to the WGS84 ellipsoid at
the anchor point. This is unaffected by the orientation angle.
6. Local Map Presentation
A map image can be referred to using the "localMap" element. This
allows for the locally defined location to be presented with
additional context.
Image information is placed in the "location-info" element after the
shape information and CRS.
6.1. Image Coordinates
A position on an image generally uses a coordinate system with an
origin in the upper left. For a two-dimensional image, a columns-
axis increases to the right and a rows-axis increases towards the
bottom of the image.
This left-handed coordinate system - inherited from the path that the
beam in a Cathode-ray tube follows - does not directly map to the
axes used in the local, Cartesian coordinate system. The rows-axis
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is in the opposite direction to the y-axis.
(local coordinates)
^
|
y-axis
|
|
---- x-axis ---->
O------------------------------+
| ---- columns-axis ----> |
| | |
| | |
| rows-axis |
| | |
| v |
| (image coordinates) |
+------------------------------+
Figure 2: Image Axes
If a left-handed coordinate system is used in an image, the scale
(Section 6.5) element can be used to convert negative y-axis values
into positive rows-axis values. A negative value for the rows/y
value (the second value) can be used for this purpose.
Some image types specifically defined how coordinates are interpreted
for the image. However, if this is not specified or unknown for the
image type and it is necessary to place a point with sub-pixel
precision, whole integer values in image coordinates are found at the
low-valued corner of the referenced pixel. This is usually the top
left corner of the pixel where row/column coordinates are used.
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For instance, the pixel at [5,13] in the following covers the column
range 5.0 to 6.0 and the row range from 13 to 14.
4 5 6 7
| | | |
12 --+--------+--------+--------+-
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
13 --+--------+--------+--------+-
| | | |
| | [5,13] | |
| | | |
14 --+--------+--------+--------+-
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
15 --+--------+--------+--------+-
| | | |
Whole Integer Image Coordinates
6.2. Map Image
The optional "image" element includes an image, usually a map of the
locality. This image might be used to display the associated
location information to a user.
Rather than include an image inline, this uses XLink
[W3C.REC-xlink-20010627] to reference an image document. The
"xlink:href" attribute contains a URL for the image. An "http:" or
"https:" URI MUST be used unless the location generator is able to
ensure that authorized recipients of this data are able to use other
URI schemes.
6.3. Reference Location
The "referenceLocation" element describes the reference location used
to place (and orient) the image in space. This can be specified in
the same way that the anchor location (Section 5.2.1) for the datum
is specified using a geodetic shape or civic address.
If a local CRS is defined in the same document, the reference point
SHOULD refer the origin of the coordinate reference system, using the
"crsOrigin" element. This references the anchor point used in the
CRS definition, saving unnecessary duplication of this information.
The rows-axis of the image is either along the negative y-axis of a
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Cartesian CRS or Southing from the reference point. The columns-axis
of the image is along the positive y-axis or Easting from the
reference point. Any vertical axis is oriented along the z-axis or
directly up from the reference point. See Appendix A for details on
how to determine North, East and Up vectors from an arbitrary point.
6.4. Pixel Offset
The anchor point is matched to a point on the image, thus
establishing a common point in both coordinate reference systems.
The "offset" element includes the coordinates of the reference point
in the image.
6.5. Scaling
The "scale" element includes a value in pixels per meter that
describes how coordinates in the local datum, specified in meters,
are translated to coordinates on the image at the reference point.
A scaling factor is provided for each axis in the coordinate system.
For a two-dimensional coordinate system, two values are included to
allow for different scaling along the x/columns- and y/rows-axes
independently. For a three-dimensional coordinate system, three
values are specified for the x/columns-, y/rows- and z/vertical-axes.
Alternatively, a single scaling value MAY be used to apply the same
scaling factor to all coordinate components (x/columns- and y/rows-
axes, and optionally the z/vertical-axis).
A negative value for the y/rows-axis scaling value can be used to
account for the change in direction between the y-axis and the rows
axis, as shown in Figure 2.
6.5.1. Map Projections
The method used to orient and scale a map image is limited in
applicability. This method does not account for distortion produced
by the curvature of the Earth. That is, it does not allow for the
additional complexity that would be necessary to accomodate different
map projection methods. The coordinate space used is strictly
Cartesian.
The Cartesian coordinate system suits maps with a orthographic
projection centered at the reference point. It also suits
architectural drawings and diagrams that also do not account for the
curvature of the Earth.
This does not necessarily prevent the use of alternative map
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projections. For other map projections, the scaling factor changes
as the distance from the reference point increases.
Over small distances, an orthographic projection might be assumed.
Any errors introduced by this simplication might be acceptable for an
application. This simplication is only appropriate for maps that
cover small distances or where any errors resulting from use of
different map projections are acceptable.
7. Coordinate Transformation
It is often important that location information be provided that can
be used in a global context, as well as the local context. This
section describes how shapes can be transformed between the WGS84 CRS
and the local CRS.
A single point is selected in the image coordinate reference system.
This might be the origin of the image (0, 0), or any other point.
The corresponding point in WGS84 (latitude, longitude, altitude) is
also identified.
Selecting a point in each coordinate system establishes a reference
point: an origin point. When converting, all coordinates are
expressed relative to the corresponding point in the same coordinate
system.
7.1. Conversion from WGS84 to Local CRS
To convert coordinates specified in WGS84 to coordinates specified in
the local CRS use the following algorithm:
1. If the coordinates do not include altitude, add an altitude of
zero. This will be removed from the final result, but an
altitude value is required for this algorithm.
2. Convert the WGS84 (latitude, longitude, altitude) coordinates to
WGS84 ECEF (X, Y, Z) values. One commonly used algorithm for
this is documented in [I-D.thomson-geopriv-uncertainty].
3. If necessary, find the centroid of the reference location,
specified in the "anchor" element, in WGS84 ECEF (X, Y, Z)
coordinates. Algorithms for this are documented in
[I-D.thomson-geopriv-uncertainty].
4. Subtract the ECEF reference location from the ECEF coordinates to
get a relative position vector for the coordinates.
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5. Multiply the resulting relative position by the forward
transformation matrix described in Section 7.3. This gives
distances in meters for each of the axes of the local coordinate
system.
6. If altitude was not originally provided, remove any vertical or
z-axis component.
7. If the reference location contains uncertainty, add this
uncertainty to any uncertainty in the original location, see
Section 7.4.
The results can be summarized as:
C[local] = R * T[0] * (C[ecef] - R[ecef])
Where all coordinates are expressed as column vectors and "*" is the
matrix product.
The WGS84 reference point also establishes a reference plane for the
image. The reference plane is the plane of the horizontal at that
point - the plane tangential to the WGS84 ellipsoid at the reference
point. This plane, along with the orientation angle, are used to
create a transformation matrix.
Coordinates can then be plotted on the map image by applying the
following process:
1. Multiply each component of the vector by the scaling factor,
specified in the "scale" element, to obtain values in pixels.
2. Add the resulting value to the image offset, specified in the
"offset" element, to obtain the coordinates in the image.
If the image uses a different reference point to the origin of the
local CRS, then the coordinates must first be transformed into
coordinates in a local CRS that is centered about that reference
point.
The results can be summarized as:
C[image] = offset + scale .* C[local]
Where ".*" is the Hadamard or entrywise product.
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7.2. Conversion from Local CRS to WGS
To convert coordinates specified in the local CRS to coordinates
specified in WGS84 use the following algorithm:
1. If the coordinates do not include a vertical or z-axis component,
set this value to zero.
2. Multiply the resulting relative position by the reverse
transformation matrix described in Section 7.3 to get a vector
relative to the reference location.
3. If necessary, find the centroid of the reference location,
"origin", in WGS84 ECEF (X, Y, Z) coordinates.
4. Add the ECEF reference location to the ECEF coordinates.
5. Convert the WGS84 ECEF (X, Y, Z) coordinates to WGS84 (latitude,
longitude, altitude) values.
6. If vertical or z-axis values were not provided, remove the
altitude value.
7. If the reference location contains uncertainty, add this
uncertainty to any uncertainty in the original location.
The results can be summarized as:
C[ecef] = transpose(R * T[0]) * (C[local]) + R[ecef]
Where "transpose(...)" signifies the matrix transpose.
If image coordinates are known, the local coordinates can be found by
first following these steps:
1. Subtract the image offset from the coordinate values.
2. Divide each component of the vector by the scaling factor.
The results can be summarized as:
C[local] = (1/scale) .* (C[image] - offset)
Where "1/scale" is 1 divided by the scaling factor.
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7.3. Transformation Matrix
The transformation matrix used to convert coordinates between WGS84
and the local CRS uses the centroid of the origin location, contained
in the "origin" element.
The transformation matrix is formed from the North, East and Up
vectors from the origin location. Appendix A describes how to
determine these vectors in WGS84 ECEF coordinates:
East = [ -sinlng ; coslng ; 0 ]
North = [ -sinlat * coslng ; -sinlat * sinlng ; coslat ]
Up = [ coslat * coslng ; coslat * sinlng ; sinlat ]
This is used directly to form the following transformation matrix for
the case where the orientation is zero:
[ -sinlng ; coslng ; 0 ]
T[0] = [ -sinlat * coslng ; -sinlat * sinlng ; coslat ]
[ coslat * coslng ; coslat * sinlng ; sinlat ]
The orientation of the map, included in the "orientation" element,
affects the x-axis and y-axis parts of this matrix. The rotation
matrix is a counter-clockwise rotation matrix, as follows:
[ cos(orientation) ; -sin(orientation) ; 0 ]
R = [ sin(orientation) ; cos(orientation) ; 0 ]
[ 0 ; 0 ; 1 ]
Both "R" and "T[0]" perform rotations. The final transformation
matrix is then the product of the rotation matrix and the coordinate
transformation matrix. This gives the following orthonormal
coordinate transformation matrix.
T = R * T[0]
When transforming from local coordinates to WGS84, the transformation
matrix is transposed to find its inverse.
7.4. Managing Uncertainty
The WGS84 origin location MAY include uncertainty if that location is
not sufficiently accurate. In this case, the centroid of the
uncertainty region is used as the origin point. The uncertainty in
this location increases any uncertainty when performing a
transformation.
An increase to uncertainty is applied when transforming both to and
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from WGS84. Repeated transformations can increase uncertainty
indefinitely.
Converting the origin location and the target shape to a Circle or
Sphere prior to transformation simplifies the management of
uncertainty. The resulting uncertainty radius is the sum of the
radius from the original shape, plus the radius from the origin
location.
7.5. Angles of Orientation
Translation of Ellipse, Ellipsoid and ArcBand shapes requires that
the included angle measures are rotated. When translating from the
local coordinate reference system, the orientation of the image datum
is added to the angle. The orientation of the image datum is
subtracted when translating from WGS84 coordinates.
8. Example PIDF-LO
The following example PIDF-LO document contains geodetic location in
the first tuple, followed by a similar location in the local CRS. A
map image is also included. All other optional elements are omitted
from this example.
-34.407124 150.882673
10
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2.4
#officeCRS
#officeDatum
-34.407168 150.882533
5
AU
NSW
Wollongong
Gwynneville
Northfields
Avenue
University of Wollongong
Director's Office
2
Andrew Corporation
2500
39
office
8.4
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9. GML Definitions
Formal GML definitions for a coordinate reference system are provided
in the PIDF-LO. However, these definitions rely on the definitions
in this document, plus the formal GML definitions included in the
schema (Section 10).
This section provides references to definitions of the various code
points used in the formal definitions.
9.1. Units of Measure
This document uses the same restricted set of units of measure as
defined in [RFC5491], with additions for the local CRS.
The units for meters (urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001), degrees
(urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9102) and radians (urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9101)
are used where applicable. Meters are used for all distance
measures. Degrees or radians are used for all angular measures.
A pixel is defined as a subjective length measure. In this
definition, a pixel does cannot be used directly with other forms of
length measure. The pixel measure is context-dependent and can be
related to other length measures by different factors. The scaling
(Section 6.5) parameters establish how pixels relate to other
measures for a particular image.
Additional units of measure are defined for pixels
(urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor#px) and pixels per meter
(urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor#pxpm). Formal definitions
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of these units are included in an annotation to the XML schema.
Pixel coordinates are used to describe a position in an image.
Pixels per meter are used to establish a scale for conversion between
meters and pixels.
9.2. Code Space Definitions
The GML definitions for the local coordinate system rely on
identifiers that are defined in the "http://ietf.org/rfc/rfcXXXX.txt"
(the URL of this document [[EDITOR NOTE: Please update this link at
publication]]). These identifiers are defined thus:
x The x-axis of the local coordinate system.
y The y-axis of the local coordinate system.
z The z-axis of the three-dimensional local coordinate system.
east+o East from the reference point, rotated clockwise (about the
Up vector) by the orientation angle, see Appendix A and
Section 7.3.
north+o North from the reference point, rotated clockwise (about the
Up vector) by the orientation angle, see Appendix A and
Section 7.3.
up Up from the reference point, see Appendix A and Section 7.3.
pixel The name for the pixels unit of measure, see Section 9.1.
px The abbreviated name for the pixels unit of measure.
pixels per metre The English name for the pixels per meter unit of
measure, using the standard spelling, see Section 9.1.
pxpm The abbreviated name for the pixels per meter unit of measure.
Documents created to represent local locations use a document-local
code space, signified by the absence of the "codeSpace" attribute.
10. XML Schema
The XML schema for the indoor location elements also includes a
definition of the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional local coordinate
systems and units of measure used in definitions of coordinate
reference systems.
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To identify the elements that are defined in this schema, a URI is
used. This document is not identified by a URL, instead it uses
the URN that is registered for identification of the schema
"urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor".
Indoor Location for PIDF-LO
A dictionary including a Cartesian Coordinate System and
units of measure for a system of indoor location.
Indoor Location
3-D Cartesian CS
X-Axis
x
east+o
Y-Axis
y
north+o
Z-Axis
z
up
2-D Cartesian CS
The pixel is the basic unit of measure used in images.
pixel
image units
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px
A mapping of pixels to a length in metres.
pixels per metre
pixels per meter
mapping of local length to physical length
pxpm
This schema defines a location representation that allows for
the trivial creation of a locally-defined coordinate reference
system; specifically one that is based on a local map image.
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11. Security Considerations
This document describes information that is intended for inclusion
within a location object, specifically a PIDF-LO. The security
concerns relating to the use of a location object are described in
[RFC4119]. Further security and privacy considerations are included
in [I-D.ietf-geopriv-arch]. No further considerations are known to
apply.
12. IANA Considerations
This section registers a URN for the identification of XML elements
for describing a local CRS, plus the schema that defines those
elements.
12.1. URN Sub-Namespace Registration for
'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:geopriv:indoor'
This section registers a new XML namespace,
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"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:geopriv:indoor", per the guidelines in
[RFC3688].
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:geopriv:indoor
Registrant Contact: IETF, GEOPRIV working group,
(geopriv@ietf.org), Martin Thomson (martin.thomson@andrew.com).
XML:
BEGIN
GEOPRIV: Indoor location representation
Namespace for Indoor location representation
urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:geopriv:indoor
[NOTE TO IANA/RFC-EDITOR: Please replace XXXX
with the RFC number for this specification.]
See RFCXXXX
END
12.2. XML Schema Registration
This section registers an XML schema as per the guidelines in
[RFC3688].
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:schema:geopriv:indoor
Registrant Contact: IETF, GEOPRIV working group, (geopriv@ietf.org),
Martin Thomson (martin.thomson@andrew.com).
Schema: The XML for this schema can be found in Section 10 of this
document starting with "".
13. Acknowledgements
Cullen Jennings provided valuable feedback on the use of maps with
early versions of this document.
14. References
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14.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in
RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
March 1997.
[RFC4119] Peterson, J., "A Presence-based
GEOPRIV Location Object Format",
RFC 4119, December 2005.
[RFC5139] Thomson, M. and J. Winterbottom,
"Revised Civic Location Format for
Presence Information Data Format
Location Object (PIDF-LO)",
RFC 5139, February 2008.
[RFC5491] Winterbottom, J., Thomson, M., and
H. Tschofenig, "GEOPRIV Presence
Information Data Format Location
Object (PIDF-LO) Usage
Clarification, Considerations, and
Recommendations", RFC 5491,
March 2009.
[OGC.GeoShape] Thomson, M. and C. Reed, "GML
3.1.1 PIDF-LO Shape Application
Schema for use by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF)",
OGC Best Practice 06-142r1,
Version: 1.0, April 2007.
[W3C.REC-xlink-20010627] DeRose, S., Orchard, D., and E.
Maler, "XML Linking Language
(XLink) Version 1.0", World Wide
Web Consortium Recommendation REC-
xlink-20010627, June 2001, .
14.2. Informative References
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML
Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
January 2004.
[RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and
L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource
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Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax",
STD 66, RFC 3986, January 2005.
[OGC.GML-3.1.1] Cox, S., Daisey, P., Lake, R.,
Portele, C., and A. Whiteside,
"Geographic information -
Geography Markup Language (GML)",
OpenGIS 03-105r1, April 2004, .
[I-D.ietf-geopriv-arch] Barnes, R., Lepinski, M., Cooper,
A., Morris, J., Tschofenig, H.,
and H. Schulzrinne, "An
Architecture for Location and
Location Privacy in Internet
Applications",
draft-ietf-geopriv-arch-01 (work
in progress), October 2009.
[I-D.thomson-geopriv-uncertainty] Thomson, M. and J. Winterbottom,
"Representation of Uncertainty and
Confidence in PIDF-LO", draft-
thomson-geopriv-uncertainty-03
(work in progress), June 2009.
Appendix A. Calculating WGS84 ECEF Up, North and East Vectors
Unit vectors corresponding to Up, North and East from a given point
are used for transformation of coordinates between WGS84 and the
local CRS. These vectors are provided in the Cartesian coordinate
system used by WGS84: the Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed (ECEF) variant
of WGS84 (X, Y, Z).
These vectors change depending on location, but depend only on
latitude and longitude; the altitude of the point has no affect on
the vectors.
The following values are used (where sin(x) is the sine function of x
and cos(x) the cosine function): coslat = cos(latitude); sinlat =
sin(latitude); coslng = cos(longitude); sinlng = sin(longitude).
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When calculating the orientation of Up, North and East vectors in
Earth-Centered, Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinates, inverse flattening of
the WGS84 ellipsoid is not considered. These vectors are:
East = [ -sinlng ; coslng ; 0 ]
North = [ -sinlat * coslng ; -sinlat * sinlng ; coslat ]
Up = [ coslat * coslng ; coslat * sinlng ; sinlat ]
These are all orthogonal unit vectors, therefore the matrix they form
is also orthogonal.
The Up vector plus the ECEF coordinates of a point defines the plane
of the horizontal at that point:
(x - c[x]) * Up[x] + (y - c[y]) * Up[y] + (z - c[z]) * Up[z] = 0
Authors' Addresses
Martin Thomson
Andrew Corporation
Andrew Building (39)
Wollongong University Campus
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong, NSW 2522
AU
EMail: martin.thomson@andrew.com
James Winterbottom
Andrew Corporation
Andrew Building (39)
Wollongong University Campus
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong, NSW 2522
AU
EMail: james.winterbottom@andrew.com
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