Jan 14 2011
During OGC's December 2010 meeting, the OGC Technical Committee approved a Discussion Paper concerning Indoor Navigation. This paper is now public and can be obtained at the url below. As it is a discussion document, OGC is seeking comments on this possible standard. As bSa and OGC are alliance partners, any bSa member interested in this topic is invited to review the document and submit comments.
The Discussion Paper presents a Multilayered Space-Event Model for indoor navigation that simultaneously addresses route planning, multiple localization methods, navigation contexts, and different locomotion types.
In summary, the Discussion Paper provides a number of ideas to address known requirements concerning indoor location covering:
- Support for different and multiple localization methods/infrastructures – This includes support for arbitrary indoor sensor technologies and their abstraction, e.g. WiFi, RFID, Bluetooth, or Infrared as well as support for the ad-hoc selection of technologies used by the portable end-user device.
- Support for different navigation contexts – The navigation context comprises the type of locomotion, navigation constraints according to different criteria (e.g.: topographic/geometric constraints, such as door widths, opening directions of doors, zonal constraints such as security zones, or temporal access constraints such as opening hours) and the supported localization technique.
- 3D topographic representation of the interior built environment – This is required for route planning and derivation of navigable route section from a model of the indoor built-up space. The representation should avoid duplicating existing concepts and, thus, should be complementary to existing standards like CityGML, IFC, X3D, ESRI BISDM, etc.
The Discussion Paper can be accessed at: http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=41727
Comments can be directed to OGC by visiting: http://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/change_request.php
If you wish to discuss this paper with OGC staff, please contact Louis Hecht at:
lhecht@opengeospatial.org
LL: 301-365-5907
C: 301-204-7375
