Under what conditions would it be beneficial to implement an EGNOS service for payment and liability critical applications in the road sector in the 2025-2035 timeframe?
EGNOS is the European SBAS and augments GPS L1 C/A civilian signal by providing corrections and integrity information for positioning and navigation applications over Europe. The next generation of EGNOS, EGNOS V3, will augment GPS and Galileo constellations in the L1 and L5 bands and will extend the service area to the entire landmasses of EU member states.
This project aims at assessing under what conditions it would be beneficial to implement an EGNOS V3 service for payment and liability critical applications in the road sector until 2035.
Pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) and pay-how-you-drive (PHYD) insurances are emerging applications in the road sector that rely on how much, where, when and how the road user drives to tailor the premiums paid by the policyholder. Other road applications such as reconstruction of accidents, mobility as a service, traffic infraction monitoring and fine management, traffic congestion monitoring, automatic charging in car parks, etc. may also in the future rely on the vehicle’s position and navigation data to offer services to car drivers.
Liability and payment-critical applications such as the ones described above are highly sensitive to undetected GNSS underperformance, non-availability or large errors since significant legal or economic consequences for the service or application provider may occur. In fact, a mismatch of the vehicle’s current speed together with erroneous position data may impact the user charging associated with the driving paths, skills and habits of the road user. Afterwards, it becomes very difficult for end users to claim that they are being overcharged or for service providers to avoid undercharging their customers.
The analysis shall focus on the identification of user and service requirements, the development of an appropriate integrity concept and the definition of the service provision scheme. The On-Board Unit (OBU) shall integrate the E-GNSS receiver together with other sensors necessary to trust the position in situations where enforcement, payments and related claims are involved.
The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the H2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) will be in charge of the technical supervision of the project on behalf of the European Commission.
More information about the Invitation to tender can be found here.
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V některých aplikacích na našem geoportálu se objevují různé historické mapy a plány. Podkladové archiválie byly naskenovány a transformovány do souřadného systému S-JTSK. Tyto rastry nedosahují vysoké polohové přesnosti, a to především kvůli kvalitě papírových podkladů znehodnocených věkem. Pro ujasnění zde uvádím některé základní informace o nich.
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V rámci festivalu Academia Film Olomouc 54 (AFO) se bude na půdě Katedry geoinformatiky Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci konat tematický Space Race Hackathon. Přijď si zahackovat, a oslav tak s námi 50. výročí jedné z nejodvážnějších misí v historii – historicky prvního přistání lidské posádky na Měsíci! Jak na to? Během 48 hodin vytvoř vlastní […]
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V rámci festivalu Academia Film Olomouc 54 (AFO) se bude 26.–28. dubna konat na půdě Katedry geoinformatiky Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci tematický Space Race Hackathon. Přijď si zahackovat, a oslav tak s námi 50. výročí jedné z nejodvážnějších misí v historii – historicky prvního přistání lidské posádky na Měsíci! Jak na to? Během 48 hodin […]
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Nadace Partnerství pořádá již pátý ročník odborné konference na téma geografického informačního systému s názvem Mapy jsou pro každého. Konference letos proběhne v termínu 4. – 5. 6. 2019. Zázemí poskytne Hotel Luna na Vysočině. K přihlášení můžete využít online registraci a přihlásit se do 30. 4. 2019 za zvýhodněné vložné. Pokud máte zájem vystoupit s vlastním […]
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Družice ESA CHEOPS (Characterising Exoplanet Satellite) byla prohlášena za plně způsobilou letu poté, co úspěšně prošla závěrečnými zkouškami.
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Společnost ARCDATA PRAHA zve na letošní ročník Konference GIS Esri v ČR, která se v Kongresovém centru Praha uskuteční ve dnech 6. a 7. listopadu 2019. Konference nabízí možnost seznámit se s aktuálními projekty v oboru GIS, příležitost inspirovat se prací kolegů z celé České republiky a v neposlední řadě také vidět spoustu technologických novinek, o […]
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Lack of interoperability is a significant issue in electronic road tolling systems. These systems need to be reliable, user friendly, and cost-efficient to enable the development and implementation of fair road-charging policies and to cope with future technical developments. A significant step forward for interoperability at EU level has been made with the publication in March of a new European Directive on the interoperability of electronic road tolling systems and the European GNSS (Galileo and EGNOS) is slated to play a major role.
Lower costs for European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) operators mean that charges can be lower, more traffic will flow on toll roads and/or more fees can be raised to improve road infrastructure; bringing benefits for operators, users and the public economy.
Interoperability of tolling systems also makes sense in terms of usability, with drivers able to seamlessly switch from one road-pricing scheme to another as easily as they ‘roam’ across borders on mobile phone networks.
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The new EU Directive 2019/520 lays down the conditions necessary to ensure the interoperability of electronic road toll systems across the entire European Union road network, including urban and interurban motorways, major and minor roads, and other road infrastructure such as tunnels or bridges, and ferries. It will also facilitate the cross-border exchange of vehicle registration data to ensure collection of any road tolls due.
For all new electronic road toll systems that require the installation or use of an on-board unit (OBU) to carry out electronic toll transactions, the Directive stipulates the use of one or more specified technologies: satellite positioning, mobile communications, or 5.8 GHz microwave technology.
Any existing electronic road toll system that requires the installation or use of an OBU will also need to adopt one or more of these technologies if substantial technological improvements are carried out to the system.
In addition, any OBU using satellite positioning technology and placed on the market after 19 October 2021 will need to be compatible with the European GNSS positioning services provided by Galileo and EGNOS.
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In fact, EGNOS and Galileo are already activated in over 70% and 60%, respectively, of GNSS-enabled on-board units for tolling of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in Europe today.
GNSS represents a powerful solution to many of the challenges of today’s road tolling operators, who need to know who is on a given road, for how long and over what distance – all with a very high degree of accuracy and reliability.
In terms of the total cost of implementation, GNSS-based solutions are much more flexible and cheaper in the long term, allowing operators to modify virtually instantaneously which road segments are covered. This way they can easily enlarge or reduce charging schemes, if and when needed, ultimately optimizing traffic and improving the efficiency of road transport.
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Augmented reality is becoming increasingly widespread, with a variety of professional and leisure applications using digital content to complement and augment the physical world, and many augmented reality software developers are taking advantage of GNSS high-accuracy for their localisation needs. A session at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit at the end of March discussed the challenges of combining these two technologies.
Augmented reality is a major emerging trend, the societal impact of which will be increasingly felt in the coming years. “When we look at the forecasts for augmented reality, we expect 50% growth over the next two to three years,” said Dr Philipp Rauschnabel, Professor for Digital Marketing and Media Innovation at the Bundeswehr University Munich.
Rauschnabel noted that augmented reality can create significant value for companies in a number of ways, through new AR-enabled business models, in the marketing sphere, and in industrial production, maintenance and training, where AR solutions can make processes more efficient.
In his presentation, Darius Pajouh, Managing Director of computer vision company Visualix, stressed the essential contribution of positioning to augmented reality applications. “Visual mapping and localisation are the key technologies that original equipment manufacturers use to create shared experiences,” he said.
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Pajouh noted that, as the technology is still relatively new, not all the use cases are totally clear yet. One thing that is clear, however, is the size of the potential market. “The market is about to explode,” he said.
Visualix uses the tracking capabilities of mobile phones, like ARCore and ARKit, as well as Google glasses and other hardware, to generate a 3D model of an indoor space as a base for AR deployment in an area of up to 10,000 square meters.
The aim is that, by incorporating satellite technology, it will be possible to remove the size constraints, Pajouh said. “I am very excited about the possibility of also doing outdoor localisation and combining visual and satellite tracking to see how satellite navigation can reduce our computational load.”
Fiammetta Diani, Head of Market Development at the European GNSS Agency (GSA), looked at the ways that GNSS can support augmented reality and how augmented reality can be an opportunity for GNSS innovators.
Diani said that the GSA met with augmented reality users last December, in the frame of the European GNSS User Consultation Platform, to discuss their requirements. At the meeting, users categorised use cases in two streams - leisure and professional, with applications targeting travel and tourism, live sporting events, and augmented navigation for assisted driving. Professional use cases included industrial design and architecture.
“These augmented reality applications have three main requirements - ubiquity, accuracy and security,” Diani said, adding that accuracy requirements vary – for some applications, accuracy of one to two metres is sufficient, while others require decimetre or even centimetre accuracy, in addition to protection against spoofing.
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GNSS can meet these requirements, Diani said. “Firstly, the second E5/L5 frequency is already providing metre-level accuracy and many chipmakers in the professional and consumer domains are investing in dual-frequency,” she said.
Diani noted that in 2020 Galileo would also offer a precise point positioning (PPP) service that will give global decimetre-level accuracy free of charge. “So you will have dual-frequency accuracy to which you can add correction services. In the same timeframe we will also offer authentication, which will provide protection against spoofing. What’s more, the E5 signal also offers better multipath protection,” she said.
In this way, GNSS is ready to meet the needs of the burgeoning augmented reality segment, which is set to see record growth. “Recent market research shows that augmented reality may be the fastest growing GNSS segment, worth up to EUR 40 billion,” Diani said.
Other participants noted that GNSS not only supports augmented reality applications, but is driving innovation in the augmented reality segment. “The more accurately you can track, the more use cases there will be,” said Wolfgang Stelzle, CEO of RE’FLEKT GmbH.
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Augmented reality is becoming increasingly widespread, with a variety of professional and leisure applications using digital content to complement and augment the physical world, and many augmented reality software developers are taking advantage of GNSS high-accuracy for their localisation needs. A session at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit at the end of March discussed the challenges of combining these two technologies.
Augmented reality is a major emerging trend, the societal impact of which will be increasingly felt in the coming years. “When we look at the forecasts for augmented reality, we expect 50% growth over the next two to three years,” said Dr Philipp Rauschnabel, Professor for Digital Marketing and Media Innovation at the Bundeswehr University Munich.
Rauschnabel noted that augmented reality can create significant value for companies in a number of ways, through new AR-enabled business models, in the marketing sphere, and in industrial production, maintenance and training, where AR solutions can make processes more efficient.
In his presentation, Darius Pajouh, Managing Director of computer vision company Visualix, stressed the essential contribution of positioning to augmented reality applications. “Visual mapping and localisation are the key technologies that original equipment manufacturers use to create shared experiences,” he said.
Read this: Helping the visually impaired explore the outdoors
Pajouh noted that, as the technology is still relatively new, not all the use cases are totally clear yet. One thing that is clear, however, is the size of the potential market. “The market is about to explode,” he said.
Visualix uses the tracking capabilities of mobile phones, like ARCore and ARKit, as well as Google glasses and other hardware, to generate a 3D model of an indoor space as a base for AR deployment in an area of up to 10,000 square meters.
The aim is that, by incorporating satellite technology, it will be possible to remove the size constraints, Pajouh said. “I am very excited about the possibility of also doing outdoor localisation and combining visual and satellite tracking to see how satellite navigation can reduce our computational load.”
Fiammetta Diani, Head of Market Development at the European GNSS Agency (GSA), looked at the ways that GNSS can support augmented reality and how augmented reality can be an opportunity for GNSS innovators.
Diani said that the GSA met with augmented reality users last December, in the frame of the European GNSS User Consultation Platform, to discuss their requirements. At the meeting, users categorised use cases in two streams - leisure and professional, with applications targeting travel and tourism, live sporting events, and augmented navigation for assisted driving. Professional use cases included industrial design and architecture.
“These augmented reality applications have three main requirements - ubiquity, accuracy and security,” Diani said, adding that accuracy requirements vary – for some applications, accuracy of one to two metres is sufficient, while others require decimetre or even centimetre accuracy, in addition to protection against spoofing.
And this: LBS user requirements highlighted in GSA special report
GNSS can meet these requirements, Diani said. “Firstly, the second E5/L5 frequency is already providing metre-level accuracy and many chipmakers in the professional and consumer domains are investing in dual-frequency,” she said.
Diani noted that in 2020 Galileo would also offer a precise point positioning (PPP) service that will give global decimetre-level accuracy free of charge. “So you will have dual-frequency accuracy to which you can add correction services. In the same timeframe we will also offer authentication, which will provide protection against spoofing. What’s more, the E5 signal also offers better multipath protection,” she said.
In this way, GNSS is ready to meet the needs of the burgeoning augmented reality segment, which is set to see record growth. “Recent market research shows that augmented reality may be the fastest growing GNSS segment, worth up to EUR 40 billion,” Diani said.
Other participants noted that GNSS not only supports augmented reality applications, but is driving innovation in the augmented reality segment. “The more accurately you can track, the more use cases there will be,” said Wolfgang Stelzle, CEO of RE’FLEKT GmbH.
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Rentgenový přístroj, který používá kosmickou technologii ke generování ostrých snímků, takže lékaři mohou detekovat příznaky rakoviny již ve velmi raném stádiu, získal financování ve výši 1,2 miliónu liber od ESA a UKSA (UK Space Agency).
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O existenci globálního oteplování, či globální klimatické změny již pochybuje opravdu málokdo. Nechceme se zde pouštět do debaty, zda je tato změna přirozená, či, zda je za ni zodpovědný svým chováním člověk. Nicméně, existuje mnoho ukázek, jak data, která o změnách teplot máme vizualizovat. Mezi ty více povedené patří i práce amerického programátora Grega Hunkinse, který […]
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When we think of climate change, one of the first things to come to mind is melting polar ice. However, ice loss isn’t just restricted to the polar regions. According to research published today, glaciers around the world have lost well over 9000 gigatonnes (nine trillion tonnes) of ice since 1961, raising sea level by 27 mm.
Připomínáme, že od 16. dubna 2019 bude aktualizován protokol, kterým se přistupuje k obsahu a službám ArcGIS Online (Transport Layer Security, TLS), na verzi 1.2. Tato změna se dotkne produktů Esri, které využívají služby ArcGIS Online, kam patří například podkladové mapy, hostované vrstvy prvků, geoprocessingové služby nebo položky ArcGIS Living Atlas. Zejména se jedná o produkty ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Enterprise, aplikace postavené na ArcGIS Engine (ArcObjects), ArcGIS Runtime SDK a mobilní aplikace.
Ověřte si, zda vaše aplikace protokol TLS 1.2 podporují, nebo zda bude pro zajištění funkčnosti služeb ArcGIS Online v těchto aplikacích potřeba učinit nějaké kroky (např. instalaci patche). Přehled všech verzí produktů Esri s informací o podpoře TLS 1.2 naleznete na stránce technické podpory Esri. V případě, že není daná verze na TLS 1.2 připravena, naleznete tam také kroky k nápravě.
ArcGIS Pro: bez problémů od verze 2.0, dřívější vyžadují patch.
ArcMap: bez problémů od verze 10.7, dřívější vyžadují patch.
ArcGIS Enterprise: bez problémů od verze 10.5.
Kompletní informace o problematice TLS nabízí také článek zabezpečení ArcGIS Online služeb pomocí protokolu Transport Layer Security (TLS). Jelikož jsou informace na této stránce průběžně doplňovány a aktualizovány, doporučujeme sledovat aktualizace této stránky kliknutím na tlačítko Subscribe.
V dalším technickém článku Esri naleznete také odpovědi na často kladené otázky k TLS 1.2.
Postup pro otestování funkčnosti služeb ArcGIS Online se zabezpečením TLS 1.2 před 16. dubnem 2019 naleznete v článku na našich stránkách v sekci Tipy a Triky.
North Road založilo crowdfundingovou kampaň, díky které chce vybrat finance, na doprogramování Data Plotly pluginu v QGISu, který umožňuje tvorbu vizuálně přitažlivých grafů přímo v prostředí populárního open source GISu. Jejich cílem je vybrat v kampani do konce dubna 8600 Euro.
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