Geolocation in Speckle stream

Hi @JdB !
This is actually a valid point. So far, I’ve been thinking more on dragging the geo-referenced data to zero-coordinates when working in CAD or viewer, rather than actually attaching a location data that would make the object appear at different pivot points in CAD or GIS. Both could work! As Matteo mentioned, the stream-wide location can be a relatively easy option, I am also curious to see your thoughts. Then, I guess, we would need some adjustments in the connectors that would reposition the received model depending on the software (CAD/GIS). For now, there is some hacky way to do it by creating a separate pivot point geometry.

So far we implemented (haven’t released yet) a location reference in the web viewer to pull Mapbox basemap and 3d buildings from OSM. Lat/lon and angle to true North are stored in Globals and are valid for the entire stream. This works pretty well with one building, but will have to test with larger areas created in CAD (how precisely CAD-drawing will be converted into coordinate reference system).
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