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GeoRSS feed - GCS Gate Controllers

The GeoRSS feed can be accessed via the following URL: http://www.vdotdatasharing.org/GeoRSS/GCSData The feed contains the following fields:

Field Description Example
title Includes the full Gate Controller name GCS Sim Device Group 1
description Contains the information about this Gate Controller Gate Status: Open
Route Name: I-64
Link Direction: E
Mile Marker: 0.0
Updated At: Dec 11, 2012 10:46:12 AM
link This is a link to the XML message for this Gate Controller http://www.vdotdatasharing.org/xmldb/GcsGateController/NOVA-GCS-Dev-169776
georss:point This is the GIS location of the Gate Controller 37.700857 -78.542929

XML Database Record

The XML database record can be accessed via the following URL: http://www.vdotdatasharing.org/xmldb/GateControllerData/id where id is the id for the specific Gate Controller. The following is an example of the XML record:

<orci:gateController xmlns:tmdd="http://www.tmdd.org/3/messages" xmlns:orci="http://www.openroadsconsulting.org/gate-status"> <orci:data> <device-inventory-header> <organization-information> <organization-id>VDOT</organization-id> </organization-information> <device-id>Nova-GCS-Dev-169776</device-id> <device-location> <latitude>37700857</latitude> <longitude>-78542929</longitude> </device-location> <device-name>GCS Sim Device Group 10</device-name> <link-name>I-64</link-name> <link-direction>E</link-direction> <linear-reference>0</linear-reference> <last-update-time> <date>20130315</date> <time>112153</time> <offset>-0400</offset> </last-update-time> </device-inventory-header> </orci:data> <orci:gate-controller-status> <gate-status>Open</gate-status> </orci:gate-controller-status> </orci:gateController>

The following data elements are represented in the XML message:

LineFieldDescription
5organization-idThe organization responsible for this Gate Controller
7device-idThe id of the Gate Controller
9latitudeThe Gate Controller's latitude in millionth of degrees
10longitudeThe Gate Controller's longitude in millionth of degrees
12device-nameThe Gate Controller's name
13link-nameThe roadway on which the Gate Controller is located
14link-directionThe direction of travel associated with the Gate Controller
15linear-referenceThe milemarker where the Gate Controller is located
17dateThe date for the Gate Controller update in yyymmdd format
18timeThe time for the Gate Controller status update in hhmmss format
19offsetThe time zone offset time in hhmm format
24gate-statusThe current status of the Gate Controller.

WMS-C Layer

The WMS-C layer can be accessed using the following parameters:

Service http://www.vdotdatasharing.org/geowebcache/service/wms
Layer gate_control_data
Format image/png
Tile Size 256x256
SRS EPSG:900913
EPSG:4326

WFS Layer

The WFS layer can be accessed here. The feed contains the following fields:

Field Description Example
orci:gate_controller_id This is the Gate Controller id as assigned by the sender NOVA-GCS-169776
orci:v7_gate_controller_id This is the historical Gate Controller id as assigned by the sender NOVA-GCS-169776
orci:gate_controller_name This is the name of the Gate Controller as assigned by the sender GCS Sim Device Group 10
orci:gate_controller_status This is the status of the Gate Controller Open
orci:route_name This is the route name of the Gate Controller Normal
orci:mile_marker This is the mile marker where the Gate Controller is located 0.0
orci:direction This is the direction of the Gate Controller E
orci:the_geom This is the location of the GateController <gml:Point srsDimension="2" srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326"><gml:pos>37.700857 -78.542929</gml:pos><gml:Point>