d Format parameters e Data
descriptions f Language string encoding
10.2 Bounding box
10.2.1 General bounding box parameters
A general bounding box is one type of bounding box that may be used by various operations in various OWSs. This very general bounding box data type is adapted from
gml:EnvelopeType in GML 3.1 [OGC 03-105r1]. Each general bounding box data structure shall contain the parameters described in Figure 11 and specified in Table 30.
WGS84BoundingBox + lowerCorner : SequenceNumber, 2
+ upperCorner : SequenceNumber, 2 + crs [0..1] : URI = urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC::84
+ dimensions [0..1] : PositiveInteger = 2 DataType
BoundingBox + lowerCorner : SequenceNumber
+ upperCorner : SequenceNumber + crs [0..1] : URI
+ dimensions [0..1] : PositiveInteger DataType
The crs attribute shall be included unless specified in
a containing class
Figure 11 — BoundingBox UML class diagram
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Table 30 — Parameters included in general BoundingBox data type
Names Definition
Data type Multiplicity and use
lower Corne
r Lower
Corn er
Coordinates of bounding box corner at which the value of each coordinate
normally is the algebraic minimum within this bounding box
a
Ordered sequence of double values
b
One mandatory
upper Corne
r Upper
Corn er
Coordinates of bounding box corner at which the value of each coordinate
normally is the algebraic maximum within this bounding box
a
Ordered sequence of double values
b
One mandatory
crs crs
Reference to definition of the CRS used by the Lower
Corner and UpperCorner coordinates
URI Zero or one optional
Omitted only when specified elsewhere
dimensions dimensions
The number of dimensions in this CRS the length of a coordinate sequence
Positive integer Zero or one optional
c
a Values other than the minimum and maximum shall be used as discussed in Subclauses 10.2.4 and D.13.
b Any number of axes may be used, from 1D to 4D or more. The number of axes included, and the order of
these axes, shall be as specified by the referenced CRS. c
This number is specified by the CRS definition, but may also be specified here.
10.2.2 WGS 84 bounding box parameters