Re: person location WRT position

oh, so location=static position=dynamic was not that wrong after all eh. but
they seem to be expressed using different parameters as well

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Gavin Treadgold <gt@kestrel.co.nz> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> On 2008-09-12, at 0704, Carl Reed wrote:
>
>  A few emails ago I promised to provide clarification on the use of the
>> terms "location" viz "position". Turns out that after reviewing the use of
>> these terms in ISO, the OGC, and the IETF there appears to be consistency!
>>
>> ISO 19112
>>  location: identifiable geographic place
>>
>> ISO 19133
>>  position: data type that describes a point or geometry potentially
>> occupied by an object or person
>>
>
> From that, I would read that location is something that doesn't move, e.g.
> a town - an identifiable geographic place. An object/person has a property
> called position that identifies its current location.
>
> So, anything that can move has a position, and everything that can't move
> (and this may include buildings, monuments etc) has a location. A position
> of course, can be mapped to a location (e.g. to calculate nearby locations).
>
> Cheers Gav
>
>


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