Hi all,
Wanted to let folks know about an experiment that some participants from
the GEOPRIV working group have put together for this IETF. Using the
IETF network infrastructure as a location source, we've set up a
location server [1] that offers location information over the HTTP-based
HELD protocol [2]. It works like this:
+--------+ +-----+ +---------------------+
| Client |---HELD----| LIS |-----------| IETF (NetDisco [3]) |
+--------+ +-----+ +---------------------+
1. Client submits HELD request
2. LIS queries NetDisco (over an ad-hoc interface) for location of an IP
3. NetDisco returns civicAddress XML for the AP to which the requested
IP is connected, e.g.:
<civicAddress
xmlns="urn:params:xml:ns:pidf:geopriv10:civicAddr">
<country>US</country>
<A1>Pennsylvania</A1>
<A3>Philadelphia</A3>
<A6>Market</A6>
<STS>Street</STS>
<HNO>1201</HNO>
<PC>19107</PC>
<ROOM>Franknlin 1/2</ROOM>
</civicAddress>
4. LIS inserts civicAddress into PIDF-LO into locationResponse and
returns to Client
The HELD server is written in PHP, and is based on the open-source HELD
LIS written by Andrew Co. [4].
We have two clients for you to try out:
1. I wrote a small Java application [5] that pulls location from the
HELD server and posts it as the status of a Jabber account. For
instance, while I was in SIPPING this afternoon, my status was:
"
Current location:
Civic Address:
Franklin 1/2
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
"
Note: This app runs *alongside* your usual Jabber client, as a separate
client, so you don't need to change anything about how you use Jabber.
Requires Java 1.6.
2. Along with the open-source LIS from Andrew Co, there's Java client
library and GUI that shows most of the features in
draft-ietf-geopriv-http-location-delivery-05, including the creation and
management of location references (URIs that refer to location). You
can download it at [6] (Note: (1) you need to download both the client
library and the GUI; (2) requires Windows and Java 1.6.)
3. Karl Heinz Wolf from Nic.at has enhanced the Zap! SIP client so that
it will access location and send it out in SIP messages [7]
If you do give these tools a try, please send feedback to me and to the
GEOPRIV working group list, <geopriv@xxxxxxxx>.
Thanks a lot,
--Richard
[1] <http://lis.ietf71.ietf.org/>
[2] draft-ietf-geopriv-http-location-delivery-05
[3] <http://www.netdisco.org/>
[4] <http://held-location.sourceforge.net/>
[5] <http://lis.ietf71.ietf.org/downloads/geojabber-1.0.zip>
[6] <http://lis.ietf71.ietf.org/downloads/HELD_Client-Executable.zip>
<http://lis.ietf71.ietf.org/downloads/HELD-Client-GUI-test-app.zip>
[7] <http://ecrit.labs.nic.at/>
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