CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 194

Orion Context Broker GEOLOCATION, How to deal with location not known?

Regarding "position" below. I am trying to find what is the best way to define the value of "position" attribute as Location not known. I means how to represent location not known in orion database.

{
    "contextElements": [
        {
            "type": "City",
            "isPattern": "false",
            "id": "Madrid",
            "attributes": [
                {
                    "name": "position",
                    "type": "geo:point",
                    "value": "LocationNotKnown"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "updateAction": "APPEND"
}

Many thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 48

Answers (1)

fgalan
fgalan

Reputation: 12322

At the present moment (up to Orion 2.3.0) geo:point attribute needs a valid point as value, so thinks like "LocationNotKnown" will not work.

However, we have been discussing the possibility of allowing null or "" as valid value for geo:point (and other similar attribute types) to mean "no location" (or "no date", in the case of DataTime). You can join the discussion on the corresponing github issue and provide your opinion there.

On the meanwhile, the recommended workaround is to remove the attribute. Thus, if your entity includes the "location" attribute (with a valid geo:point as value) then it is localized. If your entity doesn't include the "location" attribute is not localized.

Upvotes: 1

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