<div dir="ltr"><div>Andreas </div><div>Thanks for the tips - I have a few things wrong in freewrl I'll fix.</div><div>-Doug</div><div><br></div><div>1.freewrl uses a double precision transform stack, so doesn't need a offset for precision: GeoOrigin or autoOrigin or LCS. The only reason I did that stuff was to do what I thought the specs were saying to do. I'll change to GC on the transform stack. Then GeoPlanet doesn't need to convert from LCS to GC.</div><div><br></div><div>2. GeoPositionInterpolator uses the term 'geographic coordinates' and so does
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">25.2.4 when talking about {GD, GC, UTM} - but apparently they mean different things. I'll change GPI in freewrl to assume only GD coordinates are allowed in key,value pairs.</span></div><div><br></div><div>3. I looked at the 2008 Geo proposal and some things complement -GeoPlanet, GeoConverter, .relativeHeight- and some things overlap/conflict -specifying ellipsoid parametrically, specifying another mapping plane</div><div>- I suspect the SRF could be done with fewer nodes, more complete coverage of mapping planes, and less painfully- by doing the MFString approach used by geoSystem rather than struct/info nodes for specific mapping planes. Whether that's in a separate node or enhansements to geoSystem I don't know.</div><div><br></div><div>more detail...</div><div><br></div><div>I can see how I made the mistakes, and there's a bit of confusing terminology in the specs.</div><div><br></div><div>1) LCS/autoOrigin not needed, use GC:</div><div>25.2.2 last paragraph: """</div><div>Internally, an X3D browser will transform all geographic coordinates into earth-fixed geocentric coordinates (i.e., an (x,y,z) displacement from the center of the earth in units of length base units). ... In addition, an offset may be applied to these geocentric coordinates if a (now deprecated) GeoOrigin node is supplied (see 25.2.5 Dealing with high-precision coordinates).</div><div>"""</div><div>versus my reading 25.2.5 3rd paragraph:<br></div><div>"""</div><div>The GeoOrigin node and all geoOrigin fields are deprecated since browsers can automatically provide local origins as necessary).</div><div>"""</div><div>PROPOSED FIX: tinker with the 3rd and 4th paragraph from 25.2.5 which talk about LCS, so that its clearer that there's 3 techniques:</div><div>A. offset</div><div>1. geoOrigin (deprecated)</div><div>2. auto-Origin</div><div>B. no offset</div><div>3. use GC on the transform stack as per 25.2.2 last paragraph</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2) GPI uses GD as value for key,value pairs</div><div>Andreas: """</div><div>GeoPositionInterpolator has both geovalue_changed which does not</div><div>convert and value_changed which does convert to GC (but for you</div><div>perhaps to LCS=TCS) as I understand it.</div><div>"""</div><div>versus my reading of 25.2.4 which uses the term 'geographic coordinates' in the first sentence, as an abstract type</div><div>geographic_coordinate = {GD, UTM, GC}</div><div>(I use the term 'user coordinates')</div><div>and 25.3.7 first sentence</div><div>"""</div><div>key values are specified in geographic coordinates and the interpolation is performed within the specified spatial reference frame.</div><div>"""</div><div>It didn't say GD or geodetic coordinates, it used the term 'geographic coordinates' </div><div>PROPOSED FIX: change 'geographic coordinates' to 'geodetic coordinates' in 25.3.7 or come up with a different abstract name for {GD, UTM, GC} in 25.2.4</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>3) 2008 enhanced geospatial proposal</div><div>x didn't see GeoPlanet equivalent mechanism to support multiple planets in the same scene (if there are node-node interactions that the transform stack itself doesn't separate/clarify, like relativeHeight)</div><div>x didn't see .relativeHeight equivalent</div><div>x didn't see GeoConverter equivalent</div><div>So I don't think there's a conflict/overlap with 2008 on the above.</div><div>Where there's overlap Doug vs 2008 geospatial proposals:<br></div><div>- specifying ellipsoid parameters parametrically</div><div>- specifying more mapping planes (I took a shortcut with 3TM, 2008 does it parametrically)</div><div><a href="https://www.iso.org/standard/54166.html">https://www.iso.org/standard/54166.html</a><br></div><div>- its from 2009, a year after web3d 2008 enhansed geospatial proposal</div><div>- (previous versions of 18026 submissions were 'withdrawn')</div><div>x it talks about SRM, not SRF, so the 2008 proposal has different terminology</div><div>x costs 198 CHF. I don't have 198 CHF on me right now.</div><div>It has a bit of the feel of DIS, where its wrapping some giant external standard and assuming you know/have spent a year studying/have access to that standard, because it jumps into terminology defined in the external standard -a lot of links into it- and leaves details to the standard<br></div><div>"... see 11.9.2 in ISO/IEC 18026 ..."</div><div>"... fully described in 8.5 of ISO/IEC 18026 ..."</div><div>x I don't understand why 2008 defines more mapping planes with specific nodes like "GeoObliqueMercator". I suspect there are a zillion possible mapping planes. I have a thick book on them, and found more when working on projects in EU.<br></div><div>- if you do it in such a way that you can pass it all to proj4 or equivalent back end, then you don't need all those specific nodes</div><div>- I think the geoSystem style of using an MFString is better that way. Fewer specific node types, one general parameter list frees you up to service a lot of possiblities / hand it all off to proj4.lib or equivalent</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Andreas Plesch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andreasplesch@gmail.com" target="_blank">andreasplesch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">To be honest, I have not heard of the 3TM projection. Googling shows<br>
it is widely used in Canada but I am not sure that it is commonly used<br>
elsewhere.<br>
<br>
The scale factors for the UTM/3TM projection is related to the width<br>
of the zones. They are designed such that there is true scale at two<br>
meridians symmetric to the central meridian. A scale factor of 1.0<br>
would yield true scale only at the central meridian. So it just<br>
depends where your city is relative to the two meridians with true<br>
scale, both for UTM and 3TM. The smaller width of 3 degrees per zone<br>
is really what makes distortions a little less severe with 3TM at the<br>
expense of having to deal with more zones. I suspect that this is a<br>
the cm to mm scale relative improvement. Most regions have their own<br>
preferred projection.<br>
<br>
But 3TM and 10TM would be easy to add as you say once the zones are<br>
figured out. If it helps with adoption why not.<br>
<br>
25.2.2 states<br>
<br>
'Internally, an X3D browser will transform all geographic coordinates<br>
into earth-fixed geocentric coordinates (i.e., an (x,y,z) displacement<br>
from the center of the earth in units of length base units).'<br>
<br>
This allows to mix geo-coordinates and predictable regular coordinates<br>
in a scene.<br>
<br>
My understanding is that the deprecation of GeoOrigin assumed that<br>
browsers would be able to use internally high precision (with doubles<br>
or better).<br>
<br>
The TCS based on the first geo-coordinate is a good idea but would<br>
need to be standardized.<br>
<br>
GeoPositionInterpolator has both geovalue_changed which does not<br>
convert and value_changed which does convert to GC (but for you<br>
perhaps to LCS=TCS) as I understand it.<br>
<br>
I agree that the browser internal coordinate conversions may just as<br>
well be exposed.<br>
<br>
Walk mode currently just recognizes any mesh, surface or grid<br>
underneath and will use it to stay above, in x3dom (with GeoOrigin).<br>
Stepping off currently means falling in x3dom, I believe.<br>
<br>
-Andreas<br>
<br>
> Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 17:10:05 -0600<br>
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> Andreas,<br>
> Thanks for those links to those detailed Geospatial proposal. I hadn't see<br>
> that. I'll read it in more detail.<br>
><br>
> 3TM is commonly used by cities around the world in their GIS department,<br>
> because the scale factor is close to 1 so when you take measurements it's<br>
> close to the surveyor's tape measure..<br>
><br>
> And it uses the same transverse mercator math functions as UTM, so just a<br>
> scale factor and 2 offsets different - a very easy thing for browser<br>
> developers to add to their UTM support capture the city GIS crowd.<br>
><br>
>> the underlying assumption is that in the scene regular (nongeo)<br>
>> coordinates are geocentric, eg. relative to the center of a single planet.<br>
><br>
> Not quite or that's not how freewrl is working, not my understanding. In<br>
> the Precision section of Geospatial, it talks about GeoOrigin (deprecated<br>
> in v3.3) or something done automatically in the place of GeoOrigin. That's<br>
> called the Local Coordinate System. Not at the center of the earth. Its<br>
> somewhere nearby to the scenery you have on the surface of the earth, to<br>
> reduce coordinate precision required (from double to float) as the specs<br>
> describe.<br>
> In freewrl, in place of deprecated GeoOrigin, freewrl uses the TCS<br>
> -Topocentric Coordinate System, as described for GeoLocation- of the first<br>
> GeoNode it parses, or more precisely, the TCS of the first GeoNode in the<br>
> planet, as the arbitrary LCS origin.<br>
> Then non-geo nodes are in this LCS by default.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> I think regular coordinates within a GeoPlanet node would be geocentric<br>
> only<br>
>> to that planet.<br>
> They are LCS. So one job of GeoPlanet is to convert from LCS to GC /<br>
> geocentric - or more precisely push onto the transform stack a transform<br>
> that will do that - so the parent scenery sees the planet in geocentric<br>
> coords like you were thinking.<br>
><br>
>> In a multiplanet scene it would be necessary to also<br>
>> specify the positions of the planets relative to each other.<br>
> Yes. Once each planet is wrapped in GeoPlanet then you can use normal<br>
> transforms to position the planets, and scripts to animate the planets.<br>
> The EarthRise_GP.x3d scene I mentioned does that - its got moon, sun, and<br>
> earth (although at shorter non-realistic distances).<br>
> I haven't done a formal release of a freewrl version that does all that,<br>
> but the develop version has been doing it all since March.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> GeoPositionInterpolator converts to GC<br>
> Really? Uh-oh. I missed that. I thought it was just working in double<br>
> precision coordinates, and left it up to you to decide GD, GC or XTM, but<br>
> without converting anything for you.<br>
> That's the main benefit I was targeting with the GeoConverter node<br>
> proposal. So if you do need conversion its available. And for browser<br>
> developers, its one of the easiest GeoNodes to add, because you already<br>
> have the conversion functions internally.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> relativeHeight: sounds interesting. Why use the highest point on the<br>
>> GEG and not the height at the actual location ?<br>
> It does/should use the GEG height at your location. But if you had<br>
> overlapping GEGS then takes highest one at your location.<br>
> That's handy if you have a low-resolution GEG covering for example the<br>
> whole planet, and want to put a high res GEG for a small local area of<br>
> interest. Rather than cut a hole in a GEG (awkward code), you can lower the<br>
> heights a bit, and your higher res GEG will take over.<br>
><br>
>> What if the registered<br>
>> GEG is somewhere else than the GL ? Just fall back to<br>
>> Geoid,eg.sealevel ?<br>
><br>
> Yes - fall back to relative-to-sealevel, for GL (or if you know you're not<br>
> going to be on a GEG, use absolute / leave .relativeHeight FALSE)<br>
> For GVP, a more common use case is starting out over a GEG and running off.<br>
> Lets say you start out on a small local GEG, with relativeHeight 100, and<br>
> you're in walk mode, and feeling the bumps in the terrain as you navigate<br>
> along. Then you hit the edge of the GEG and want to keep going. In freewrl,<br>
> with no GEG adjusting the height, you stay at the absolute (above sealevel)<br>
> height you were at when you hit the edge. If you turn and go back on at a<br>
> different place, the relative height you specified kicks back in, and<br>
> you're back at your 100m height walking on the GEG.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Andreas Plesch <<a href="mailto:andreasplesch@gmail.com">andreasplesch@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi Doug,<br>
>><br>
>> here is my unfinished response to your earlier posting:<br>
>><br>
>> there may be planetary geoSystems or spatial reference frames proposed<br>
>> in the enhanced geospatial component proposal.<br>
>> <a href="http://www.igraphics.com/Standards/EnhancedGeospatialComponent_" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.igraphics.com/<wbr>Standards/<wbr>EnhancedGeospatialComponent_</a><br>
>> 2007_10_30/Part01/components/<wbr>geodata.html<br>
>> <a href="http://www.sedris.org/wg8home/Documents/18026_FDIS/C030811e_" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sedris.org/wg8home/<wbr>Documents/18026_FDIS/C030811e_</a><br>
>> FILES/MAIN_C030811e/ISOIEC_<wbr>18026E_TOC.HTM<br>
>><br>
>> But a more streamlined proposal seems very useful.<br>
>><br>
>> I think geospatial nodes can only deal with scenes on a single planet<br>
>> since the underlying assumption is that in the scene regular (nongeo)<br>
>> coordinates are geocentric, eg. relative to the center of a single<br>
>> planet. Your proposal seems to address somewhat that question. I think<br>
>> regular coordinates within a GeoPlanet node would be geocentric only<br>
>> to that planet. In a multiplanet scene it would be necessary to also<br>
>> specify the positions of the planets relative to each other.<br>
>><br>
>> An expansion may be a solarcentric mode, where the center of a solar<br>
>> system is the origin. Each planet would have its center given relative<br>
>> to a central sun (ignoring precision issues for the moment). I think<br>
>> astronomy also uses galactic coordinates.<br>
>><br>
>> And here additional feedback:<br>
>><br>
>> 3TM and 10UTM seems to be only used in Canada ? 3TM seems to have<br>
>> meridians based on province ? If we allow additional projections, they<br>
>> should be truly global and well defined. I do not see it as a big<br>
>> burden to convert to GD or UTM. The other route to is allow all epsg<br>
>> codes which can be converted by a library such proj which means<br>
>> essentially all possible projections.<br>
>><br>
>> GeoPositionInterpolator converts to GC but there is no way to convert<br>
>> to UTM or GD which may be useful for reporting coordinates.<br>
>><br>
>> relativeHeight: sounds interesting. Why use the highest point on the<br>
>> GEG and not the height at the actual location ? What if the registered<br>
>> GEG is somewhere else than the GL ? Just fall back to<br>
>> Geoid,eg.sealevel ?<br>
>><br>
>> -Andreas<br>
>><br>
>> > Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 12:10:21 -0600<br>
>> > From: GPU Group <<a href="mailto:gpugroup@gmail.com">gpugroup@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> > To: X3D Graphics public mailing list <<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>><br>
>> > Subject: Re: [x3d-public] Invalid geoSystem values in X3D Resources<br>
>> > BasicGeospatial examples.<br>
>> > Message-ID:<br>
>> > <<wbr>CAM2ogRfXeWAaqvS9WvLRrYUoGXMNH<wbr>b1NWyR7+aFDTos_-mp3zg@mail.<br>
>> <a href="http://gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>><br>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>
>> ><br>
>> > John, thanks for checking.<br>
>> > Hypothesis: Maybe I forgot to check the [x] public checkbox when making a<br>
>> > spec comment? I meant for it to be public, And I hope the recommendations<br>
>> > are adopted in some future version of the specs, and implemented by<br>
>> browser<br>
>> > developers.<br>
>> > I'll make it public here and do another submission.<br>
>> > -Doug<br>
>> > Here's what I submitted Mar 26, 2018<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>==<br>
>> ><br>
>> > GeoSpatial Component Comments Mar 2018<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Acronyms:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > GL - GeoLocation<br>
>> ><br>
>> > GVP - GeoViewpoint<br>
>> ><br>
>> > GEG - GeoElevationGrid<br>
>> ><br>
>> > GPS - GeoProximitySensor<br>
>> ><br>
>> > GP - GeoPlanet<br>
>> ><br>
>> > XTM - UTM or 3TM<br>
>> ><br>
>> > 3TM - like UTM, except 3 degree zones, .9999 scale factor and no false<br>
>> > northing / false easting<br>
>> ><br>
>> > user coords - coords matching geosystem, authored in scene file, could be<br>
>> > GC, XTM, GD<br>
>> ><br>
>> > TCS/LGS - Topocentric Coordinate System aka Local Geodetic System, as<br>
>> > described in specs for GeoLocation:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -- tangent to ellipsoid at a given geo location, -Z north, Y up<br>
>> ><br>
>> > LCS - Local Coordinate System - as described in specs for numerical<br>
>> > precision<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -- shared cartesian coordinate system used internally<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > A. Proposed nodetype: GeoPlanet<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Implicit in the web3d geospatial specs: all geoNodes are on the same<br>
>> > planet.: earth That should cover 99.99999% of uses. And even if you have<br>
>> 2<br>
>> > planets, the transform stack will keep them separate for most use<br>
>> cases. The<br>
>> > exception being node-node interactions such as GVP-GEG, GL-GEG, and<br>
>> > GPS-GEG as I'll explain later for the relativeHeight feature.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > x3d usage:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <GeoPlanet planetId='#'><br>
>> ><br>
>> > ... geonodes for planet...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > </GeoPlanet><br>
>> ><br>
>> > where<br>
>> ><br>
>> > planetId - an Int32 field that can be used to discriminate between<br>
>> planets,<br>
>> > could also be called planetName or planet<br>
>> ><br>
>> > example scenefile:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://dug9.users.sourceforge.net/web3d/tests/geo/World/earthriseGP.x3d" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://dug9.users.sourceforge.<wbr>net/web3d/tests/geo/World/<wbr>earthriseGP.x3d</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://dug9.users.sourceforge.net/web3d/temp/freeWRL2018_GeoPlanet.mp4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://dug9.users.sourceforge.<wbr>net/web3d/temp/freeWRL2018_<wbr>GeoPlanet.mp4</a><br>
>> > feature details:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > 1. similar to GeoTransform (GT) it wraps geonodes, but instead of<br>
>> > converting to TCS/LGS it converts to GC<br>
>> > - allows orbital mechanics on multiple planets using planet centers and Z<br>
>> > as rotation axis<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - same job could in theory be done by modifying the specs for<br>
>> GeoTransform,<br>
>> > to allow converting to GC instead of TCS/LGS, and a field for planetId,<br>
>> but<br>
>> > adds a connundrum: 2 geoTransforms for the same planet could sport<br>
>> > different translation, rotation etc, which doesn't make sense.<br>
>> > 2. for node-node interactions such as GVP-GEG and GL-GEG helps keep the<br>
>> > planets separate<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - internally planetId is pushed and popped during scenegraph traversal,<br>
>> so<br>
>> > when visiting a the code can tell which planet it's working on<br>
>> ><br>
>> > a) for GVP-GEG:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -- when visiting GVP to start the modelview matrix, store the planetId in<br>
>> > the GVP<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -- when visiting GEG, check the current planetId (applies to GEG) against<br>
>> > the GVP._planetId, use if same<br>
>> ><br>
>> > b) for GL-GEG:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -- after loading scene/inline/externProto body, on first traveral add<br>
>> each<br>
>> > GEG to a per-planet list of GEGs<br>
>> ><br>
>> > -- when visiting a GL with relativeHeight TRUE, look through the current<br>
>> > planet's list of GEGs, and get the highest terrain height, if any GEGs<br>
>> > covering that location.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > GeoPlanet : X3DGroupingNode {<br>
>> > SFInt32 [] planetId 0 [0,?)<br>
>> > SFNode [in,out] metadata NULL [X3DMetadataObject]<br>
>> > MFNode [in] addChildren [X3DChildNode]<br>
>> > MFNode [in] removeChildren [X3DChildNode]<br>
>> > MFNode [in,out] children [] [X3DChildNode]<br>
>> > SFVec3f [] bboxCenter 0 0 0 (-?,?)<br>
>> > SFVec3f [] bboxSize -1 -1 -1 [0,?) or ?1 ?1 ?1<br>
>> > }<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > B. Proposed nodetype: GeoConvert<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Web3d specs allow a different geoSystem on each geo node. And each as<br>
>> > fields in user/geoSystem coordinates that can be routed to/from. But no<br>
>> way<br>
>> > to convert between geoSystems.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Proposed GeoConvert node<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - allows you to convert between GeoSystems via routing and 2 GeoConvert<br>
>> > nodes<br>
>> > myGeoNode1 -> set_geoCoord (geoConvert1) gcCoord_changed -> set_gcCoord<br>
>> > (geoConvert2) geoCoord_changed -> myGeoNode2<br>
>> > where geoConvert1.geoSystem == myGeoNode1.geoSystem<br>
>> > and geoConvert2.geoSystem == myGeoNode2.geoSystem<br>
>> > <a href="http://dug9.users.sourceforge.net/web3d/tests/geo/World/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://dug9.users.sourceforge.<wbr>net/web3d/tests/geo/World/</a><br>
>> World33geoConvert.x3d<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > GeoConvert : X3DNode {<br>
>> > SFVec3d [in] set_geoCoords<br>
>> > SFVec3d [in] set_gcCoords<br>
>> > SFNode [in,out] metadata NULL [X3DMetadataObject]<br>
>> > MFString [] geoSystem ["GD","WE"] [see 25.2.3]<br>
>> > SFVec3d [out] geoCoords_changed<br>
>> > SFVec3d [out] gcCoords_changed<br>
>> > }<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > C. Proposed field for GVP, GL and GPS: .relativeHeight<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Sometimes you don't know the exact height of something above the<br>
>> ellipsoid,<br>
>> > but you know you want it at ground level, and you have a GEG in the scene<br>
>> > covering the area. It would be convenient to put 0 for the<br>
>> geoCoords/center<br>
>> > height, if they are GD or XTM user coords (not GC), and have the browser<br>
>> > adjust the height to terrain level.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > For GL and GPS if relativeHeight = TRUE, then on each frame when visiting<br>
>> > the node, check the list of GEGs registered for the current GeoPlanet,<br>
>> and<br>
>> > add the highest of those (if any) to the .geoCoords / .center height if<br>
>> in<br>
>> > GD or XTM, to convert from user to internal GC, and subtract if going<br>
>> from<br>
>> > GC back to user.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > For GVP, the behaviour is similar, but only for initial positioning,<br>
>> > because browser-supported navigation modes likely want to adjust the<br>
>> > relative height:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - WALK + Collide: maintain relative height to terrain, by<br>
>> climbing/falling<br>
>> > while navigating on GEG<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - FLY + Collide: maintain height relative to ellipsoid<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - FLY (no collide aka FREEFLY): allow height to be adjusted<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Example scene (GVP and GL):<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://dug9.users.sourceforge.net/web3d/temp/freeWRL2018_" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://dug9.users.sourceforge.<wbr>net/web3d/temp/freeWRL2018_</a><br>
>> relativeHeights.mp4<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://dug9.users.sourceforge.net/web3d/tests/geo/World/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://dug9.users.sourceforge.<wbr>net/web3d/tests/geo/World/</a><br>
>> World33GLrelativeHeight.x3d<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Field descriptions:<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > GeoLocation : X3DGroupingNode {<br>
>> > .. as per specs ..<br>
>> > SFBool [] relativeHeight FALSE<br>
>> > }<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > GeoViewpoint : X3DViewpointNode {<br>
>> > .. as per specs ..<br>
>> > SFBool [] relativeHeight FALSE<br>
>> > }<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > GeoProximitySensor : X3DEnvironmentalSensorNode {<br>
>> > .. as per specs ..<br>
>> > SFBool [] relativeHeight FALSE<br>
>> > }<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > D. Proposed geoSystem additions<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V3.3/Part01/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.web3d.org/<wbr>documents/specifications/<wbr>19775-1/V3.3/Part01/</a><br>
>> components/geodata.html#<wbr>Spatialreferenceframes<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > D1. A, IF, F, R<br>
>> ><br>
>> > An assumption of the specs: all geoNodes are for one planet: earth, and<br>
>> the<br>
>> > list of allowed ellipsoids are for earth.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Online samples include a Mars scene, and it uses default earth ellipsoid:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/#Geospatial" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.web3d.org/x3d/<wbr>content/examples/Basic/#<wbr>Geospatial</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Here are some additions to geoSystem to allow users to specify the<br>
>> > ellipsoid parameters:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > # - a number like a 6378137 or 298.257223563<br>
>> ><br>
>> > "A#" - semimajor axis<br>
>> ><br>
>> > "IF#" - inverse flattening<br>
>> ><br>
>> > "F#" - flattening<br>
>> ><br>
>> > "R" - radius<br>
>> ><br>
>> > coherent combinations include:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > A and F<br>
>> ><br>
>> > A and IF<br>
>> ><br>
>> > R<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > D2. 3TM<br>
>> ><br>
>> > 3TM is like UTM, except with (built-in) central meridan scale factor<br>
>> .9999<br>
>> > (instead of .9997 for UTM) and no false easting or false northing (so<br>
>> > coordinates can be negative). Typically used for cities, and GIS packages<br>
>> > export 3TM often without mentioning the zone or central meridian. In that<br>
>> > case you can set Z0. Otherwise its generally 2x the UTM zone or 2x- 1.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > coherent combinations include<br>
>> ><br>
>> > 3TM<br>
>> ><br>
>> > 3TM and Z<br>
>> ><br>
>> > along with other UTM-compatible options except no FalseEasting or<br>
>> > FalseNorthing.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > ==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>====<br>
>> ><br>
>> > and April 9, 2018 addendum:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ==============================<wbr>========<br>
>> ><br>
>> > (refering to a previous spec submission from the same commentor which<br>
>> > included new nodetype GeoPlanet)<br>
>> ><br>
>> > GeoPlanet - there's a preference among freewrl users that instead of<br>
>> > numerical planetId='#' it would be an SFString ie planet='earth', which<br>
>> > would be easier for scene authors to keep straight in their own minds.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > SFString planet "earth"<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ==============================<wbr>==========<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 10:58 AM, John Carlson <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> You may want to resubmit your 3TM and Planet changes to Mantis. I<br>
>> >> searched for 3TM and Planet in Mantis (All Projects) and got nothing<br>
>> >> significant back.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> However, I was denied access to:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="http://www.web3d.org/node/1694/submission/1671" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.web3d.org/node/<wbr>1694/submission/1671</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Why?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> and there?s:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="http://www.web3d.org/member-only/mantis/view.php?id=1215" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.web3d.org/member-<wbr>only/mantis/view.php?id=1215</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Not that I want to imagine writing schema for such a thing?that?s why I<br>
>> >> hope to get geoSystem into more reasonable shape in the Unified Object<br>
>> >> Model (we need volunteers, I think) before trying to do it in schema.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> John<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Sent from Mail <<a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://go.microsoft.com/<wbr>fwlink/?LinkId=550986</a>> for<br>
>> >> Windows 10<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> *From: *GPU Group <<a href="mailto:gpugroup@gmail.com">gpugroup@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> *Sent: *Sunday, May 13, 2018 9:16 AM<br>
>> >> *To: *X3D Graphics public mailing list <<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>><br>
>> >> *Subject: *Re: [x3d-public] Invalid geoSystem values in X3D Resources<br>
>> >> BasicGeospatial examples.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I think N should be OK, just as you say a redundant default.. I proposed<br>
>> >> several new things in the geoSystem field, submitted to spec comments a<br>
>> few<br>
>> >> months ago, so I hope your processor works on the new things if ever<br>
>> >> adopted.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Doug<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> R,A,B,F,IF - ways to drectly specifiy the shape of the ellipsoid so<br>
>> other<br>
>> >> planet shapes and sizes could be modeled<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> 3TM - similar to UTM (except 3degree zones, no false northing or<br>
>> easting,<br>
>> >> different central meridian scale factor .9999)<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> ...<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I also proposed a Planet node - allows multiple planets in one scene<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 6:14 AM, John Carlson <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The object model is expressive enough to list conforming values, yet<br>
>> >> accept others, but as far as I know (I may be wrong here), it is not<br>
>> >> expressive enough to express supported geoSystem values. This is a<br>
>> >> problem. How do we resolve it, and should we, if we are accepting<br>
>> other<br>
>> >> values? Is it resolved in X3DJSAIL? Should I get rid of Roy's JSON<br>
>> >> subschema for geoSystem?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> John<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Sun, May 13, 2018, 7:43 AM John Carlson <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I believe the purpose of schema is to support minimally acceptable<br>
>> files.<br>
>> >> It should flag files which are questionable. If a file can be brought<br>
>> >> into conformance easily, shouldn't it be?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Yes, you should be able to ignore the results of the schema<br>
>> >> validation...at your own risk.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> What is the purpose of the X3D resources examples, but to show a good<br>
>> >> example practice? Or are we testing tools to make sure certain values<br>
>> are<br>
>> >> acceptable? If that's the case, then the schema should be updated for<br>
>> ALL<br>
>> >> versions.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> John<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Sun, May 13, 2018, 7:31 AM John Carlson <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Then the version of the document should be upgraded to 4.0 or above, and<br>
>> >> the corresponding schema updated. I can upgrade the schema for all<br>
>> >> versions, since it is hard coded into the schema generator. But<br>
>> really we<br>
>> >> need support from the object model if possible. Right now, I have to<br>
>> >> explicitly allow it for all versions, since I use stdin/stdout instead<br>
>> of<br>
>> >> files. Does the unified object model specify a version # in its<br>
>> contents?<br>
>> >> When the unified object model supports "N" in a usable fashion, then I<br>
>> can<br>
>> >> code something into the schema, or delete the requirement to check<br>
>> >> geoSystem.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Thanks, away from computer presently, or I would check.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I don't see why Roy went to all the effort to create a schema, if we are<br>
>> >> going to ignore it?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> This applies in many areas...if we merely have supported values, yet<br>
>> >> others must be accepted, why is there a standard?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I don't believe it's ambiguous in this case of X3D. A missing "N"<br>
>> means<br>
>> >> Northern Hemisphere.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> John<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Sun, May 13, 2018, 12:46 AM Andreas Plesch <<a href="mailto:andreasplesch@gmail.com">andreasplesch@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="http://www.web3d.org/specifications/19775-1/V3.2/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.web3d.org/<wbr>specifications/19775-1/V3.2/</a><br>
>> >> Part01/components/geodata.<wbr>html#<wbr>Specifyingaspatialreference<br>
>> >> <<a href="http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V3.2/Part01/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.web3d.org/<wbr>documents/specifications/<wbr>19775-1/V3.2/Part01/</a><br>
>> components/geodata.html#<wbr>Specifyingaspatialreference><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> lists the supported strings for the geoSystem MFString field.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The prose choosing 'supported' over 'legal' or 'conforming' could be<br>
>> taken<br>
>> >> to mean that other than listed strings may be allowed to be supported as<br>
>> >> well by some browsers.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> However, previous discussions indicate that schemas are not sufficiently<br>
>> >> expressive to describe unknown but conforming string values.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> One resolution was to explicitly allow 'N' in upcoming X3D version, and<br>
>> >> perhaps silently allow it for 3.3.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Outside of X3D UTM zones often have the N hemisphere identifier to avoid<br>
>> >> ambiguity.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Andreas<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 19:54:17 -0400<br>
>> >> From: John Carlson <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >> To: Don Brutzman <<a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a>>, X3D Graphics public mailing list<br>
>> >> <<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>><br>
>> >> Subject: [x3d-public] Invalid geoSystem values in X3D Resources Basic<br>
>> >> Geospatial examples.<br>
>> >> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:5af77ea8.1c69fb81.7da1f.13e3@mx.google.com">5af77ea8.1c69fb81.7da1f.13e3@<wbr>mx.google.com</a>><br>
>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Don, These files contain "N" in geoSystem, which I believe is not valid,<br>
>> >> and should be removed (default is Northern Hemisphere, in the<br>
>> standard, I<br>
>> >> believe. "S" can be specified?not in this case).<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Is there a tool which hasn?t been changed which is<br>
>> >><br>
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