RTM:spotLocation:geometricCoordinate

Documentation

Syntax

3.33.23.1

Autoexport from the XML-Schema for element RTM:spotLocation:geometricCoordinate of railML® version 3.3      UML-visualization of RTM
Description	localization expressed in a geometrical (or geographical) Reference System, so it defines the coordinates (x, y, z or geodetic latitude (north/south), longitude (east/west), and ellipsoidal height (also known as geodetic height)).
Subschema	Rtm4railml
Parents*	spotLocation
Children	None
Attributes: positioningSystemRef: references an object using its file-internal ID (obligatory: tRef : xs:IDREF), x: longitude (obligatory: xs:double : xs:double), y: latitude (obligatory: xs:double : xs:double), z: altitude (optional: xs:double : xs:double)
*Notice: Elements may have different parent elements. As a consequence they may be used in different contexts. Please, consider this as well as a user of this Wiki as when developing this documentation further. Aspects that are only relevant with respect to one of several parents should be explained exclusively in the documentation of the respective parent element.

This element does not appear in railML^® 3.2 within the RTM subschema. It is available only in railML^® 3.3. Do not hesitate to contact railML.org e.V. for further questions.

This element does not appear in railML^® 3.1 within the RTM subschema. It is available only in railML^® 3.3. Do not hesitate to contact railML.org e.V. for further questions.

Changes 3.2→3.3

There exists an overview of all changes between railML^® 3.2 and railML^® 3.3 on page Dev:Changes/3.3.
Introduced with version 3.3.

Best Practice / Examples

🗒️ Please keep in mind that <geometricCoordinate x="0.0" y="0.0" positioningSystemRef="gps1"/> is not a valid coordinate.

Please refer for an example to Geographic positioning of functional infrastructure.

Additional Information

🗒️ This segment provides background information that is not relevant for the certification process.

Please refer for the context to:

• #541
• #22