edcPosition Data Type

EdcPosition is a data structure to capture a geo location. It can be associated to an EdcPayload to geotag an EdcMessage before sending to the Everyware Cloud. Refer to the description of each of the fields for more information on the model of EdcPosition.

Namespace
http://eurotech.com/edc/2.0
Schema
edc.xsd
Properties
name data type type namespace min/max occurs description
altitude double element edc 0/1 Altitude of the position in meters.
heading double element edc 0/1 Heading (direction) of the position in degrees
latitude double element edc 0/1 Latitude of this position in degrees. This is a mandatory field.
longitude double element edc 0/1 Longitude of this position in degrees. This is a mandatory field.
precision double element edc 0/1 Dilution of the precision (DOP) of the current GPS fix.
satellites int element edc 0/1 Number of satellites seen by the systems
speed double element edc 0/1 Speed for this position in meter/sec.
status int element edc 0/1 Status of GPS system: 1 = no GPS response, 2 = error in response, 4 = valid.
timestamp dateTime element edc 0/1 Timestamp extracted from the GPS system

Example

<position xmlns="http://eurotech.com/edc/2.0">
  <longitude>...</longitude>
  <latitude>...</latitude>
  <altitude>...</altitude>
  <precision>...</precision>
  <heading>...</heading>
  <speed>...</speed>
  <timestamp>...</timestamp>
  <satellites>...</satellites>
  <status>...</status>
</position>