openlr-dereferencer 1.1.0

OpenLR location dereferencer

openlr-dereferencer

This is a Python package for decoding OpenLR™ location references on target maps.

Dependencies

• Python ≥ 3.6
• geographiclib (PyPi package)
• shapely (PyPi package)
• openlr (PyPi package)
• For unittests, SQlite with spatialite extension is required

State

• Decoding line locations
• Decoding 'point along line' locations
• Decoding 'POI with access point' locations

Structure

It is divided into the following submodules:

maps

Contains an abstract map class, which you may want to implement for your target map.

maps.wgs84 provides methods for reckoning with WGS84 coordinates.

example_sqlite_map

Implements the abstract map class for the example map format used in the unittests and examples

decoding

The actual logic for matching references onto a map.

This includes finding candidate lines and scoring them, and assembling a dereferenced location.

Installation

This project is available on PyPi:

pip3 install openlr-dereferencer

Usage

The decode(reference, mapreader) function will take a location reference and return map objects.

Usage Example

First, implement the MapReader class for your map. The example_sqlite_map module is an implementation you may look at.

Second, construct a location reference. For instance, parse an OpenLR line location string:

from openlr import binary_decode
reference = binary_decode("CwmG8yVjzCq0Dfzr/gErRRs=")

Third, decode the reference on an instance of your map reader class:

from openlr_dereferencer import decode
real_location = decode(reference, mapreader)

real_location.lines # <- A list of map objects

Configuration

The decode function takes in an optional Config object contaning decoding settings. You may just change these before decoding:

from openlr_dereferencer import decode, Config

my_config = Config(
    geo_weight = 0.66,
    frc_height = 0.17,
    fow_height = 0.17,
    bear_weight = 0.0
)

decode(reference, mapreader, config=my_config)

The full list of available options is located here.

Logging

openlr-dereferencer logs all mapmatching decisions using the standard library logging module.

Use it to turn on debugging:

import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

Observing

Via implementing the Observer interface, you can hook onto certain events happening while decoding, and inspect the situation:

from openlr_dereferencer import DecoderObserver, SimpleObserver

# Look at SimpleObserver for an example implementation
my_observer = SimpleObserver()
decode(reference, mapreader, observer=my_observer)

Development environment

Firstly create a Python virtual environment for the project.

python3 -m venv .venv

Activate the virtual environment.

source .venv/bin/activate

Install the dependency packages into the virtual environment.

pip install openlr geographiclib shapely

You may need to install the spatialite module for sqlite if this is not already present.

sudo apt install libsqlite3-mod-spatialite

To run the decoding tests.

python3 -m unittest tests.test_decode

More Documentation

You are welcomed to read the generated API documentation at https://openlr-dereferencer-python.readthedocs.io.