The coding of a point is described in
Figure 5.
S: Sign of latitude
Bit value 0: North
Bit value 1: South
Degrees of latitude
Bit 1 of octet 4 is the low order bit
Degrees of longitude
Bit 1 of octet 7 is the low order bit
Orientation of major axis
angle in degrees between the major axis and north
(0 = north, 90 = east, values of 180 and above are not used)
High Accuracy Degrees of Latitude:
Bit 8 of octet 2 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 5 is the low order bit.
High Accuracy Degrees of Longitude:
Bit 8 of octet 6 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 9 is the low order bit.
Orientation of major axis:
angle in degrees between the major axis and north
(0 = north, 90 = east, values of 180 and above are not used).
High Accuracy Degrees of Latitude:
Bit 8 of octet 2 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 5 is the low order bit.
High Accuracy Degrees of Longitude:
Bit 8 of octet 6 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 9 is the low order bit.
Orientation of major axis:
angle in degrees between the major axis and north
(0 = north, 90 = east, values of 180 and above are not used).
U: Uncertainty Range
Bit value 0
High Accuracy default uncertainty range used.
Bit value 1
High Accuracy Extended Uncertainty Range used.
The number of points field encodes in binary on 4 bits the number n of points in the description, and ranges from 3 to 15.
The coding of an ellipsoid point with altitude is described in
Figure 8.
D: Direction of Altitude
Bit value 0
Altitude expresses height
Bit value 1
Altitude expresses depth
Altitude
Bit 1 of octet 9 is the low order bit
High Accuracy Degrees of Latitude:
Bit 8 of octet 2 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 5 is the low order bit.
High Accuracy Degrees of Longitude:
Bit 8 of octet 6 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 9 is the low order bit.
High Accuracy Altitude:
Bit 6 of octet 10 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 12 is the low order bit.
Orientation of major axis:
angle in degrees between the major axis and north
(0 = north, 90 = east, values of 180 and above are not used).
High Accuracy Degrees of Latitude:
Bit 8 of octet 2 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 5 is the low order bit.
High Accuracy Degrees of Longitude:
Bit 8 of octet 6 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 9 is the low order bit.
High Accuracy Altitude:
Bit 6 of octet 10 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 12 is the low order bit.
Orientation of major axis:
angle in degrees between the major axis and north
(0 = north, 90 = east, values of 180 and above are not used).
HU: Horizontal Uncertainty Range
Bit value 0
High Accuracy default uncertainty range used.
Bit value 1
High Accuracy Extended Uncertainty Range used.
VU: Vertical Uncertainty Range
Bit value 0
High Accuracy default uncertainty range used.
Bit value 1
High Accuracy Extended Uncertainty Range used.
Inner radius:
Bit 8 of octet 8 is the high order bit.
Bit 1 of octet 9 is the low order bit.