Insert observations¶
For this part of the tutorial you should use ASCII files with sensor data formatted according to text/csv;subtype=istSOS. This format is a CSV represented by a header as the first line containing the URI names of the observed properties, the following lines contains the data.
Example: T_LUGANO_20141231234000000.dat
urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:time:iso8601,urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:temperature
2015-01-01T00:10:00.000000+0100,0.446000
2015-01-01T00:20:00.000000+0100,0.862000
2015-01-01T00:30:00.000000+0100,0.932000
2015-01-01T00:40:00.000000+0100,0.384000
Note
Pay attention to the file name: there is a timestamp (YYYYMMDDhhmmssfff in GMT+0:00). This parameter is used as the endPosition in the sampling time of a procedure. This is particularly important when the procedure is an irregular time series.
Think about tipping bucket rain gauge, when there isn’t rain no data are sent. But updating the endPosition we will be able to know that the sensor is working and that there is no rain, instead of thinking that the sensor is not transmitting or that it is broken.
Uploading CSV files¶
In the data directory of this workshop there is folder named “dataset”. There are some examples of CSV datafiles in the “text/csv;subtype=istSOS” format:
- BELLINZONA_20150603125000.dat
- GRABOW_201505272100000.dat
- LOCARNO_201506031200000.dat
- P_LUGANO_20150603142000000.dat
- RH_GNOSCA_20150603142000000.dat
- T_LUGANO_20150603142000000.dat
Loading CSV data
Open a Shell and execute the followings commands:
If installed from source:
cd /usr/local/istsos
If installed from debian package
cd /usr/share/istsos
Then launch the import script:
python scripts/csv2istsos.py -p BELLINZONA LOCARNO P_LUGANO T_LUGANO GRABOW RH_GNOSCA \
-u http://localhost/istsos -s demo \
-w ~/Desktop/Tutorial/dataset
Note
The “csv2istsos.py“ file, is a python script that makes use of the WA-REST eatures of istSOS to insert observations.
python scripts/csv2istsos.py --help
Loading data with OGC-SOS InsertObservation request¶
Even if we have used the csv2istsos script to facilitate the data loading, users may also use the SOS insertObservation request directly. For example, a valid request for loading a single observation to the service is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sos:InsertObservation
xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
xmlns:om="http://www.opengis.net/om/1.0"
xmlns:sos="http://www.opengis.net/sos/1.0"
xmlns:swe="http://www.opengis.net/swe"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
service="SOS"
version="1.0.0">
<sos:AssignedSensorId>f10b70b2561111e5a35e0800278295cb</sos:AssignedSensorId>
<sos:ForceInsert>true</sos:ForceInsert>
<om:Observation>
<om:procedure xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:procedure:x-istsos:1.0:LOCARNO"/>
<om:samplingTime>
<gml:TimePeriod>
<gml:beginPosition>2015-06-03T14:10:00+02</gml:beginPosition>
<gml:endPosition>2015-06-03T14:50:00+02</gml:endPosition>
</gml:TimePeriod>
</om:samplingTime>
<om:observedProperty>
<swe:CompositePhenomenon dimension="5">
<swe:component xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:time:iso8601"/>
<swe:component xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:rainfall"/>
<swe:component xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:rainfall:qualityIndex"/>
<swe:component xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:temperature"/>
<swe:component xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:temperature:qualityIndex"/>
</swe:CompositePhenomenon>
</om:observedProperty>
<om:featureOfInterest xlink:href="urn:ogc:def:feature:x-istsos:1.0:Point:LOCARNO"/>
<om:result>
<swe:DataArray>
<swe:elementCount>
<swe:value>5</swe:value>
</swe:elementCount>
<swe:elementType name="SimpleDataArray">
<swe:DataRecord definition="urn:ogc:def:dataType:x-istsos:1.0:timeSeries">
<swe:field name="Time">
<swe:Time definition="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:time:iso8601"/>
</swe:field>
<swe:field name="air-rainfall">
<swe:Quantity definition="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:rainfall">
<swe:uom code="mm"/>
</swe:Quantity>
</swe:field>
<swe:field name="air-rainfall:qualityIndex">
<swe:Quantity definition="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:rainfall:qualityIndex">
<swe:uom code="-"/>
</swe:Quantity>
</swe:field>
<swe:field name="air-temperature">
<swe:Quantity definition="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:temperature">
<swe:uom code="°C"/>
</swe:Quantity>
</swe:field>
<swe:field name="air-temperature:qualityIndex">
<swe:Quantity definition="urn:ogc:def:parameter:x-istsos:1.0:meteo:air:temperature:qualityIndex">
<swe:uom code="-"/>
</swe:Quantity>
</swe:field>
</swe:DataRecord>
</swe:elementType>
<swe:encoding>
<swe:TextBlock blockSeparator="@" decimalSeparator="." tokenSeparator=","/>
</swe:encoding> <swe:values>2015-06-03T14:10:00+02,0,200,20.4,200@2015-06-03T14:20:00+02,0.1,200,19.5,200@2015-06-03T14:30:00+02,0.1,200,19.1,200@2015-06-03T14:40:00+02,0,200,19.5,200@2015-06-03T14:50:00+02,0,200,20.6,200</swe:values>
</swe:DataArray>
</om:result>
</om:Observation>
</sos:InsertObservation>
Let’s insert observations using the XML format:
- Download a tool like Postman
- Choose the “POST” option
- Insert this URL for the demo instance: http://localhost/istsos/demo
- Copy and paste the InsertObservation xml in the body tab
Warning
Pay attention to the AssignedSensorId parameter: this according to the standard is returned by the system only when the sensor is registered. To access it, you can use administration interface, looking at the procedure metadata details.
- Press “Send”
