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GeoPose 1.0 Change Request

“Binary Encoding”

Steve Smyth

2 December 2024

Updated: 13 December 2024

Presented 6 December 2024 at OGC GeoPose SWG Meeting

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Background

Define a procedure for creating compact binary encodings of modules from their JSON encodings and converting from binary back to JSON without loss of information in a round trip.

Question: Is this in our scope?

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Use Cases

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Requirements

Loss-free algorithmic conversion to binary and back to JSON.
Binary must not lose any information.
Binary must be significantly (4x?) smaller than JSON.

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Backwards Compatibility

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Encoding

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Examples

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Demos

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References

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