Stock distributed across configured locations in the running web app · demo data
Scope
What this area changes in the data flow.
A broad location such as Warehouse is often insufficient for retrieval. Open Inventory can combine text locations, structured containers, GeoJSON and optional room scans. Simple inventories can stop at text; spatial data is added only where it resolves a real navigation problem.
Result 01
Connect inventory with map points, polygons and structured stock locations
Result 02
Derive spatial relations from geometry while preserving manual overrides
Result 03
Use supported iPhones for optional RoomPlan capture and placement
Included implementation
Individual capabilities and constraints.
These components are part of the MIT-licensed project. Optional providers are identified where they take part in a workflow.
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Interactive map editing
Edit points and polygons, drag geometry handles, change layers or satellite imagery and assign multiple records from the map.
02
Derived spatial containment
When a map point lies inside a container polygon, Open Inventory can derive a relation. A manual placement deliberately takes precedence.
03
Optional RoomPlan scans
A LiDAR-capable iPhone can capture rooms, floors and connected structures. This is an extension for supported hardware, not a requirement for the rest of the app.
04
Navigable 3D room data
The web viewer displays measured RoomPlan geometry, searchable inventory markers and optional photorealistic derivatives with explicit coordinate-system transforms.
Sequence
Add spatial precision only where it is needed
Each layer is optional. A text location can be enough; map and room data extend it for larger sites and buildings.
01
Create a location record
Represent a room, cabinet, vehicle or other structured container as an inventory record.
02
Add geometry
Set a map point or draw a polygon and edit its geometry directly in the map interface.
03
Derive containment
A point inside a container polygon can produce a spatial relation. Explicit manual placement keeps precedence.
04
Capture a room when useful
Use a compatible iPhone to capture rooms and floors, then inspect the resulting structure in the web viewer.
Worked example
Concrete records, states and decisions.
The values are mock data, but the workflow and state changes correspond to operations implemented by Open Inventory.
concrete example
Example · Location chain
Site, building, room, cabinet
A measuring device is not merely in the lab. A map point identifies the building, relations identify the room, and the stock location narrows it to Cabinet 3, Shelf B.
Map
North building
Room
Electronics lab
Storage
Cabinet 3 · Shelf B
Real SwiftUI app capture · demo data
Open-source iOS implementation
Room capture is native and optional.
On LiDAR-capable iPhones the SwiftUI client can use RoomPlan to capture rooms, floors and connected structures. Map and normal location features do not require Pro hardware.
Capture RoomPlan structures on compatible hardware
Add photos and codes to inventory at the physical location
Search and navigate captured rooms later in the web viewer
Spatial artifacts remain part of the open dataset.
Coordinates, GeoJSON, relations and RoomPlan artifacts are managed by the operator's instance. The iOS and web implementations are inspectable; external map or derivative providers remain explicit configuration choices.
Web viewer and native capture implementation in the repository
Explicit separation of manual and derived placement
Optional provider boundaries instead of hidden dependencies
