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A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System
draft-davis-dns-loc-01

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 1876.
Authors Ian Dickinson , Paul A. Vixie , Christopher Davis , Tim Goodwin
Last updated 2013-03-02 (Latest revision 1995-03-27)
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draft-davis-dns-loc-01
'n':
        case 'S': case 's':
                *which = 1;     /* latitude */
                break;
        case 'E': case 'e':
        case 'W': case 'w':
                *which = 2;     /* longitude */
                break;
        default:
                *which = 0;     /* error */
                break;
        }

        cp++;                   /* skip the hemisphere */

        while (!isspace(*cp))   /* if any trailing garbage */
                cp++;

        while (isspace(*cp))    /* move to next field */
                cp++;

        *latlonstrptr = cp;

        return (retval);
}

/* converts a zone file representation in a string to an RDATA on-the-wire
 * representation. */
u_int32_t
loc_aton(ascii, binary)
        const char *ascii;
        u_char *binary;
{
        const char *cp, *maxcp;
        u_char *bcp;

        u_int32_t latit = 0, longit = 0, alt = 0;
        u_int32_t lltemp1 = 0, lltemp2 = 0;
        int altmeters = 0, altfrac = 0, altsign = 1;

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        u_int8_t hp = 0x16;     /* default = 1e6 cm = 10000.00m = 10km */
        u_int8_t vp = 0x13;     /* default = 1e3 cm = 10.00m */
        u_int8_t siz = 0x12;    /* default = 1e2 cm = 1.00m */
        int which1 = 0, which2 = 0;

        cp = ascii;
        maxcp = cp + strlen(ascii);

        lltemp1 = latlon2ul(&cp, &which1);

        lltemp2 = latlon2ul(&cp, &which2);

        switch (which1 + which2) {
        case 3:                 /* 1 + 2, the only valid combination */
                if ((which1 == 1) && (which2 == 2)) { /* normal case */
                        latit = lltemp1;
                        longit = lltemp2;
                } else if ((which1 == 2) && (which2 == 1)) { /* reversed */
                        longit = lltemp1;
                        latit = lltemp2;
                } else {        /* some kind of brokenness */
                        return 0;
                }
                break;
        default:                /* we didn't get one of each */
                return 0;
        }

        /* altitude */
        if (*cp == '-') {
                altsign = -1;
                cp++;
        }

        if (*cp == '+')
                cp++;

        while (isdigit(*cp))
                altmeters = altmeters * 10 + (*cp++ - '0');

        if (*cp == '.') {               /* decimal meters */
                cp++;
                if (isdigit(*cp)) {
                        altfrac = (*cp++ - '0') * 10;
                        if (isdigit(*cp)) {
                                altfrac += (*cp++ - '0');
                        }
                }

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        }

        alt = (10000000 + (altsign * (altmeters * 100 + altfrac)));

        while (!isspace(*cp) && (cp < maxcp)) /* if trailing garbage or m */
                cp++;

        while (isspace(*cp) && (cp < maxcp))
                cp++;

        if (cp >= maxcp)
                goto defaults;

        siz = precsize_aton(&cp);

        while (!isspace(*cp) && (cp < maxcp))   /* if trailing garbage or m */
                cp++;

        while (isspace(*cp) && (cp < maxcp))
                cp++;

        if (cp >= maxcp)
                goto defaults;

        hp = precsize_aton(&cp);

        while (!isspace(*cp) && (cp < maxcp))   /* if trailing garbage or m */
                cp++;

        while (isspace(*cp) && (cp < maxcp))
                cp++;

        if (cp >= maxcp)
                goto defaults;

        vp = precsize_aton(&cp);

 defaults:

        bcp = binary;
        *bcp++ = (u_int8_t) 0;  /* version byte */
        *bcp++ = siz;
        *bcp++ = hp;
        *bcp++ = vp;
        PUTLONG(latit,bcp);
        PUTLONG(longit,bcp);
        PUTLONG(alt,bcp);

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        return (16);            /* size of RR in octets */
}

/* takes an on-the-wire LOC RR and prints it in zone file (human readable)
   format. */
char *
loc_ntoa(binary,ascii)
        const u_char *binary;
        char *ascii;
{
        char tmpbuf[255*3];

        register char *cp;
        register const u_char *rcp;

        int latdeg, latmin, latsec, latsecfrac;
        int longdeg, longmin, longsec, longsecfrac;
        char northsouth, eastwest;
        int altmeters, altfrac, altsign;

        const int referencealt = 100000 * 100;

        int32_t latval, longval, altval;
        u_int32_t templ;
        u_int8_t sizeval, hpval, vpval, versionval;

        char *sizestr, *hpstr, *vpstr;

        rcp = binary;
        if (ascii)
                cp = ascii;
        else {
                ascii = tmpbuf;
                cp = tmpbuf;
        }

        versionval = *rcp++;

        if (versionval) {
                sprintf(cp,"; error: unknown LOC RR version");
                return (cp);
        }

        sizeval = *rcp++;

        hpval = *rcp++;
        vpval = *rcp++;

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        GETLONG(templ,rcp);
        latval = (templ - (1<<31));

        GETLONG(templ,rcp);
        longval = (templ - (1<<31));

        GETLONG(templ,rcp);
        if (templ < referencealt) { /* below WGS 84 spheroid */
                altval = referencealt - templ;
                altsign = -1;
        } else {
                altval = templ - referencealt;
                altsign = 1;
        }

        if (latval < 0) {
                northsouth = 'S';
                latval = -latval;
        }
        else
                northsouth = 'N';

        latsecfrac = latval % 1000;
        latval = latval / 1000;
        latsec = latval % 60;
        latval = latval / 60;
        latmin = latval % 60;
        latval = latval / 60;
        latdeg = latval;

        if (longval < 0) {
                eastwest = 'W';
                longval = -longval;
        }
        else
                eastwest = 'E';

        longsecfrac = longval % 1000;
        longval = longval / 1000;
        longsec = longval % 60;
        longval = longval / 60;
        longmin = longval % 60;
        longval = longval / 60;
        longdeg = longval;

        altfrac = altval % 100;
        altmeters = (altval / 100) * altsign;

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        sizestr = savestr(precsize_ntoa(sizeval));
        hpstr = savestr(precsize_ntoa(hpval));
        vpstr = savestr(precsize_ntoa(vpval));

        sprintf(cp,
                "%d %.2d %.2d.%.3d %c %d %.2d %.2d.%.3d %c %d.%.2dm %sm %sm %sm",
                latdeg, latmin, latsec, latsecfrac, northsouth,
                longdeg, longmin, longsec, longsecfrac, eastwest,
                altmeters, altfrac, sizestr, hpstr, vpstr);

        free(sizestr);
        free(hpstr);
        free(vpstr);

        return (cp);
}

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