The Dali to Ruili railway is a single-track passenger and freight railway being constructed at a total cost of CNY 25.7 billion in the Yunnan province of Southwest China. The China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd., established as a subsidiary to China Railway Group Limited in 1952, is responsible for design and 3D modeling of the 330-kilometer project. Using Bentley’s BIM technology, the design team greatly improved design efficiency and shortened the design time by 1,000 hours. Moreover, using this technology provided the foundation for future 3D design and digitalization of the Chinese railway.
The line, which forms the western route of China’s rail link with Southeast Asia and is part of the Trans-Asian Railway, includes the Nujiang Bridge and Gaoligong Mountain Tunnel, which after completion will represent the world’s longest span for a railway arch bridge and longest railway tunnel in Asia. Facing collaboration and coordination challenges among disciplines with its existing technology, the project group conducted extensive research and development of all available software and chose to adopt Bentley’s technology to achieve the following outcomes:
Responsible for the implementation of BIM advancements on the project, China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd. used Bentley’s comprehensive modeling and common data environments to manage all the information required by Chinese Railway standards and deliver effective and efficient collaboration for all the disciplines and users involved.
“By using the Bentley platform, the 3D collaborative design of the whole project was completed efficiently and rapidly, which brought hope and confidence for our future intelligent railway construction.”
Fengxiang Dong, Director of BIM Center
China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd.
Bentley Systems announces the general access of the ProStructures CONNECT Edition structural detailing application, which now incorporates the capabilities of the ProSteel and ProConcrete applications. The release also features interoperability with Bentley’s reality modeling capabilities, which will allow users to incorporate real-world conditions in their modeling throughout the design and construction lifecycle.
ProStructures CONNECT Edition includes a streamlined user interface and includes these new capabilities:
Commenting on ProStructures, Shixiao Zhao, chief engineer for China Construction First Building (Group) Co., Ltd., said, “After using ProStructures, the design time was reduced to one-and-a-half months, and the design error rate was reduced by 70 percent.”
James Barr, director of business execution, Bentley Systems, said, “ProStructures CONNECT Edition will radically change the way engineers create steel and reinforced concrete structural details and fabrication drawings. Something that was so manual such as drawing a beam and then reinforcing it, will now be as easy as dragging and dropping existing components that are already reinforced and then editing them to specification. This and other great features included in ProStructures CONNECT Edition, including a new user interface, access to personalized learning, and the ability to share data across multiple disciplines, greatly improves productivity and reduces time.”
About ProStructures
ProStructures steel and concrete design applications efficiently create accurate 3D models for structural steel, metal work, and reinforced concrete structures. ProStructures lets users create design drawings, fabrication details, and schedules that automatically update whenever the 3D model changes. ProStructures is built by experienced design engineers and includes ProSteel and ProConcrete.
About the CONNECT Edition
With the SELECT CONNECT Edition, Bentley is introducing SELECTCONNECTservices, new Azure-based services that provide comprehensive learning, mobility, and collaboration benefits to every Bentley application subscriber. Adaptive Learning Services help users master use of Bentley applications through CONNECT Advisor, a new in-application service that provides contextual and personalized learning. Personal Mobility Services provide unlimited access to Bentley apps, ensuring users have access to the right project information when and where they need it. ProjectWise Connection Services allow users to securely share application and project information, to manage and resolve issues, and to create, send, and receive transmittals, submittals, and RFIs.
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Reality modeling assists governments to keep pace with changing environments and population growth by improving planning, design, construction, and operation of urban infrastructure. The Yangzhou City Planning Bureau and the Singapore Land Authority are visionary organizations building digital cities with the aid of reality modeling. Reality modeling also enables organizations such as Sanborn to produce highly accurate 3D HD maps for autonomous driving support that can be used in simulators, bringing areas such as Santa Clara County, California closer to realizing the true potential of self-driving vehicles.
Sanborn’s Advanced Technology group has developed proprietary HD Mapping technology that creates standardized, high-precision 3D base-maps specifically for the self-driving vehicle market. ContextCapture Center enabled Sanborn to quickly produce 3D reality mesh models of the existing urban environment in busy Santa Clara County, California from Sanborn high-precision oblique imagery – substantially reducing a process that was estimated to take up to six months with three modelers to complete with traditional methods. Through the 3D reality mesh, Sanborn has been able to showcase the quality of the HD Map data to its partner automotive firms. The partners take advantage of capabilities for performing precise measurements of distances, volumes, and surface areas directly within the 3D viewing interface and the ability to share and visualize 3D models on the Web allows stakeholders to easily review vector and point data superimposed digitally on top of the high-resolution 3D reality mesh. Data sets are available for all levels of autonomous drive testing complexity – freeway, complex urban, complex parking, and more.
Sharad V. Oberoi, Ph.D., director of IT and software engineering, Sanborn, said “Self-driving cars are no longer a futuristic idea. Major auto manufacturers have already released, or are soon to release, self-driving features that give the car some ability to drive itself. Through the 3D mesh generated using ContextCapture Center, Sanborn’s Advanced Technology group has been able to showcase the quality of the HD Map data, including true-ground-absolute accuracy, to its partner automotive firms. The automation of the production of 3D models of city sized projects by ContextCapture Center made the project much faster than previously possible.”
Testing automotive solutions in the real world is expensive and time-consuming. The RAND Corporation estimates that over 11 billion miles of driving is required to demonstrate that an autonomous car is only 20 percent safer than with a person behind the wheel. A thousand test cars — driving nonstop, 365 days a year — would take 50 years to reach 11 billion miles. Simulating the environment in the virtual world solves that problem in hours. The 3D reality mesh is being ingested into a simulation tool by a partner software firm for testing autonomous vehicles in the virtual world.
The AAM Group completed a vehicle-based mobile mapping survey covering 5,500 kilometers of public roads for the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and produced highly detailed 3D models for all of Singapore’s roads and city furniture including bus stops, taxi stands, light poles, traffic signs, overhead bridges, covered walkways, bollards, electrical boxes, manholes, guard rails, and railings. The data was modeled to an accuracy level of 0.3 meters to the CityGML standard using MicroStation. AAM estimated that 3,000 resource-days were saved in the development of the National 3D Map using Bentley applications.
The survey of Singapore’s roads produced 600,000 million LiDAR points and 3 million images. MicroStation provided a framework to easily integrate this data with other available data sources. ProjectWise was used throughout the life of the project to store vital information relating to subcontractors, invoicing, cashflow, monthly project meetings, and user acceptance testing (UAT) documentation. ProjectWise also allowed for seamless collaboration between the AAM office in Singapore and those in Australia. The National 3D Map will have a profound impact on Singapore’s Smart Nation agenda, providing a detailed and comprehensive 3D data set for various agencies and stakeholders to utilize for their business needs. One such example is the autonomous vehicle test site at One-North, where selected companies and researchers are conducting trials, using the 3D data set as a basemap.
In a third example, Haiwei Spatial Information Technology developed a 3D reality mesh for the Yangzhou City Planning Bureau as the foundation for a 3D GIS database to be shared with citizens and used for decision support by the city. Building the “Yangzhou 3D digital city” has great significance for the planning, construction, and management of the city – planning and design proposals can be presented to governmental decision makers in 3D reality space where the ultimate results of the plan can be easily visualized and analyzed. Image acquisition of oblique photograph data with a resolution of 3 centimeters and production of the models were completed within one month, taking advantage of the multi-node parallel computing capabilities of ContextCapture to process the very large volume of imagery in only 20 days – a task that previously took about 10 months. With the help of the mesh editing function of Descartes, three people finished revising 400 water surface models in three days and MicroStation allowed for integration of data from additional sources along with linking of attribution to the reality meshes. Labor and data acquisition costs were estimated to have been reduced by about CNY 1.2 million over previous methods.
Ming Zhang, director of marketing at Haiwei Spatial Information Technology, said, “Bentley reality modeling technology provides a complete solution, from data production, model editing, and model optimization to model application, so the incompatibility of data formats between different pieces of software and the conversion risks for data formats are avoided. The 3MX guaranteed the seamless connection of ContextCapture, Descartes, and MicroStation and reduced the time and costs of data conversion and delivery.”
To Advance Flood Resilience through Integration of Infrastructure Engineering, Reality Modeling, and Environmental Predictive Analytics
SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ACTION Modulers’ water modeling software business based near Lisbon, Portugal. The team of environmental modeling scientists and researchers, led by general director, Frank Braunschweig, develops ACTION Modulers modeling software products including MOHID Studio, ACTION Server, ACTION Flood, ACTION Forecast, ACTION Seaport, ACTION Beach, and ACTION Weather.
For more information about ACTION Modulers, visit www.actionmodulers.com
About ACTION Modulers, Research and Development Unit
Action Modulers was founded in 2004. Established with strong, and maintained, connections to the University of Lisbon’s School of Engineering - Instituto Superior Técnico – the research & development team has built a strong reputation for expertise in applying numerical modeling tools to complex water situations including: flooding from overflowing drainage systems; environmental impacts of pollutants distributed by waterflow, tides, and winds; operational flood early warning systems for valuable resources. The ACTION Modulers team are regular participants in European Union funded research projects.
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by comprehensive managed services offered through customized Success Plans.
Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2011 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbooks. To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit Bentley Communities.
To download the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure investments, visit BI 500.
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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, AssetWise, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
To Advance Flood Resilience through Integration of Infrastructure Engineering, Reality Modeling, and Environmental Predictive Analytics
SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ACTION Modulers’ water modeling software business based near Lisbon, Portugal. The team of environmental modeling scientists and researchers, led by general director, Frank Braunschweig, develops ACTION Modulers modeling software products including MOHID Studio, ACTION Server, ACTION Flood, ACTION Forecast, ACTION Seaport, ACTION Beach, and ACTION Weather.
For more information about ACTION Modulers, visit www.actionmodulers.com.
About ACTION Modulers, Research and Development Unit
Action Modulers was founded in 2004. Established with strong, and maintained, connections to the University of Lisbon’s School of Engineering - Instituto Superior Técnico – the research & development team has built a strong reputation for expertise in applying numerical modeling tools to complex water situations including: flooding from overflowing drainage systems; environmental impacts of pollutants distributed by waterflow, tides, and winds; operational flood early warning systems for valuable resources. The ACTION Modulers team are regular participants in European Union funded research projects.
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by comprehensive managed services offered through customized Success Plans.
Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2011 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference website for information on Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbooks. To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit Bentley Communities.
To download the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure investments, visit BI 500.
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Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, AssetWise, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Hainan Airlines Group Hilong contracted Petroleum Marine Engineering Services (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Hilong) to provide engineering design and analysis for 290 steel cylinders, the safe transportation of the cylinders, and the subgrid of an annex as part of a new artificial island in Sanya, China. The transport route went from Nantong, Jiangsu to Sanya, Hainan, ranging approximately 1,285 nautical miles. Sanya Airport is designed to manage an annual throughput of around 60 million people.
Bentley software allowed Hilong to complete optioneering and engineering analysis for the largest diameter steel cylinder cofferdam in the world. The project team used SACS for the strength and stability analysis of the large, thin-walled cylinders measuring 30 meters in diameter and between 25 to 39 meters in height. The project required a 9-kilometer-long structure revetment to be analyzed in the shipyard, before being transported to the site. The team also used SACS to analyze drag and check the strength and the stability of the fixing pieces, the sub-grid, and the hull deck. Additionally, it used MOSES to analyze buoyancy, stability, longitudinal strength, and motion of the barge on the critical waypoints of the Taiwan Straits. Additional floating motion and anchorage analysis provided further confidence as the elements were transported to the site.
During the implementation phase of the project, Hilong provided the owner with detailed manufacturing and construction drawings to guide the actual operation, including delivery orders, memorandums, and the steel cylinder transport design book required to fully understand the analysis.
For this CNY 95.2 billion project, Hilong conducted the calculations and analysis of the floating hydrodynamic and ocean engineering structures, which greatly reduced the time for the engineering calculations the owner required. SACS’ built-in input interface for environmental parameters, such as wind, current, and wave and ship motion data, allowed for calculation of the potential force on the structure and ensured the cylinders could withstand a variety of elements.
“The marine engineering software of MOSES and SACS provided by Bentley provided a great help for the transportation design of the steel cylinder cofferdam of the south bank of the artificial island in Sanya New Airport by its technological advantages in the industry.”
Mingchao Wang, Marine Engineering Structural Engineer, Hilong Petroleum Marine Engineering Services (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se dohodla se svým obchodním partnerem, společností C.Q.E, s.r.o. na prodeji systémové aplikace Videomonitoring. Prodejní cena není stranami zveřejněna.
Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. provozuje aplikaci Videomonitoring třetím rokem na základě poptávky externího zadavatele. Aplikace slouží ke sledování postupu stavebních prací a plnění předem stanovených harmonogramů, včetně dílčích pracovních aktivit. Mezi významné uživatele aplikace lze řadit ŘSD ČR s využitím aplikace na modernizovaných úsecích dálnice D1.
Od roku 2014 byly pomocí aplikace postupně monitorovány práce ve výstavbě na D1 v úseku Mirošovice – Kývalka, a dále pak na stavbách D1 úsek 03, 05, 06, 09, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22 a 25. V současné době obsahuje archiv aplikace Videomonitoring záznamy z průběhu výstavby - přibližně 70 kilometrů modernizované trasy. Od spuštění aplikace se podařilo zautomatizovat propojení s dříve užívanými aplikacemi (CADDS, TEMPUS, aj.). Cílem je vytvořit kompaktní systém schopný sdílet, ale zároveň i poskytovat data pro jiné systémy uživatelů tak, aby byla maximálně zefektivňována práce a kontrola na stavbách. Postupně byla aplikace používána i na novostavbách, za zmínku pak stojí stavba D4, popřípadě výstavba úseku dálnice D1, stavba 137.
Přestože společnost CleverMaps, a.s. považuje Videomonitoring za přínosnou aplikaci, která může investorovi stavby přinést potřebný přehled o probíhajících činnostech, její zaměření se natolik odchyluje od zamýšleného směřování firmy, tedy od tvorby „chytrých map“, její zástupci se rozhodli aplikaci dále nerozvíjet a prodat ji dlouholetému obchodnímu partnerovi, společnosti C.Q.E, s.r.o. Společně jsme se dohodli na podmínkách předání tak, aby uživatelé aplikace, včetně ŘSD ČR, nebyli nijak omezeni v jejím dalším užívání a aby byl zajištěn další rozvoj aplikace. Cílem je dostát svým závazkům a zároveň vytvořit platformu pro další rozvoj aplikace nejen v oblasti dopravních staveb.
Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se bude v rámci svých aktivit nadále věnovat segmentu dopravy, a to především v majetkoprávní přípravě staveb a rozvoji webové aplikace SyMAP, neboť se domnívá, že v této oblasti, stejně jako při řešení staré majetkoprávní zátěže již existujících staveb, může nejlépe využít znalostí, kterými disponuje.
Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se dohodla se svým obchodním partnerem, společností C.Q.E, s.r.o. na prodeji systémové aplikace Videomonitoring. Prodejní cena není stranami zveřejněna.
Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. provozuje aplikaci Videomonitoring třetím rokem na základě poptávky externího zadavatele. Aplikace slouží ke sledování postupu stavebních prací a plnění předem stanovených harmonogramů, včetně dílčích pracovních aktivit. Mezi významné uživatele aplikace lze řadit ŘSD ČR s využitím aplikace na modernizovaných úsecích dálnice D1.
Od roku 2014 byly pomocí aplikace postupně monitorovány práce ve výstavbě na D1 v úseku Mirošovice – Kývalka, a dále pak na stavbách D1 úsek 03, 05, 06, 09, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22 a 25. V současné době obsahuje archiv aplikace Videomonitoring záznamy z průběhu výstavby - přibližně 70 kilometrů modernizované trasy. Od spuštění aplikace se podařilo zautomatizovat propojení s dříve užívanými aplikacemi (CADDS, TEMPUS, aj.). Cílem je vytvořit kompaktní systém schopný sdílet, ale zároveň i poskytovat data pro jiné systémy uživatelů tak, aby byla maximálně zefektivňována práce a kontrola na stavbách. Postupně byla aplikace používána i na novostavbách, za zmínku pak stojí stavba D4, popřípadě výstavba úseku dálnice D1, stavba 137.
Přestože společnost CleverMaps, a.s. považuje Videomonitoring za přínosnou aplikaci, která může investorovi stavby přinést potřebný přehled o probíhajících činnostech, její zaměření se natolik odchyluje od zamýšleného směřování firmy, tedy od tvorby „chytrých map“, její zástupci se rozhodli aplikaci dále nerozvíjet a prodat ji dlouholetému obchodnímu partnerovi, společnosti C.Q.E, s.r.o. Společně jsme se dohodli na podmínkách předání tak, aby uživatelé aplikace, včetně ŘSD ČR, nebyli nijak omezeni v jejím dalším užívání a aby byl zajištěn další rozvoj aplikace. Cílem je dostát svým závazkům a zároveň vytvořit platformu pro další rozvoj aplikace nejen v oblasti dopravních staveb.
Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se bude v rámci svým aktivit nadále věnovat segmentu dopravy, a to především v majetkoprávní přípravě staveb a rozvoji webové aplikace SyMAP, neboť se domnívá, že v této oblasti, stejně jako při řešení staré majetkoprávní zátěže již existujících staveb, může nejlépe využít znalostí, kterými disponuje.

The European Commission (EC), Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is defining the roadmap for the evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond the EGNOS Service Releases of EGNOS V3 currently defined. Evolutions shall support the implementation of safer and more efficient aviation operations. In this sense, further evolutions of EGNOS services for aviation safety beyond 2025 could take any of the following three directions, either:
(1) Enlarge the provision of EGNOS services to Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) beyond navigation, notably to address surveillance (ADS-B) and possibly support timing services for communication systems; this approach is aligned with the vision of integrated CNS;
(2) Provide additional features to increase the robustness against external intentional or unintentional threats/attacks to the EGNOS navigation service, for instance by adding authentication to GNSS signals or ad hoc features at antenna and receiver level;
(3) Enhance the navigation, positioning and/or timing performance provided at user level, for instance by improving the vertical position accuracy and the time-to-alert to enable supporting Cat-II approach procedures.
The aims are to analyse and define the reasons motivating evolutions along those three axes beyond 2025, determine constraints and pre-requisites, and assess the added value to end users. The analysis shall consider each area separately and determine under what condition it would be beneficial for the programme to implement these services. The analysis shall focus on:
(1) Identifying user requirements for each of these new services and how they translate into service requirements for EGNOS;
(2) Defining the associated regulatory constraints and safety analyses required before the service can be implemented operationally;
(3) Analysing the added value for aviation end users and defining how the service could be provided, to enable a programmatic decision on which service should be implemented as a priority.
The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of the EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is 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.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

The European Commission (EC), Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is defining the roadmap for the evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond the EGNOS Service Releases of EGNOS V3 currently defined. Evolutions shall support the implementation of safer and more efficient aviation operations. In this sense, further evolutions of EGNOS services for aviation safety beyond 2025 could take any of the following three directions, either:
(1) Enlarge the provision of EGNOS services to Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) beyond navigation, notably to address surveillance (ADS-B) and possibly support timing services for communication systems; this approach is aligned with the vision of integrated CNS;
(2) Provide additional features to increase the robustness against external intentional or unintentional threats/attacks to the EGNOS navigation service, for instance by adding authentication to GNSS signals or ad hoc features at antenna and receiver level;
(3) Enhance the navigation, positioning and/or timing performance provided at user level, for instance by improving the vertical position accuracy and the time-to-alert to enable supporting Cat-II approach procedures.
The aims are to analyse and define the reasons motivating evolutions along those three axes beyond 2025, determine constraints and pre-requisites, and assess the added value to end users. The analysis shall consider each area separately and determine under what condition it would be beneficial for the programme to implement these services. The analysis shall focus on:
(1) Identifying user requirements for each of these new services and how they translate into service requirements for EGNOS;
(2) Defining the associated regulatory constraints and safety analyses required before the service can be implemented operationally;
(3) Analysing the added value for aviation end users and defining how the service could be provided, to enable a programmatic decision on which service should be implemented as a priority.
The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of the EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is 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.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

The European Commission (EC), Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is defining the roadmap for the evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond the EGNOS Service Releases of EGNOS V3 currently defined. Evolutions shall support the implementation of safer and more efficient aviation operations. In this sense, further evolutions of EGNOS services for aviation safety beyond 2025 could take any of the following three directions, either:
(1) Enlarge the provision of EGNOS services to Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) beyond navigation, notably to address surveillance (ADS-B) and possibly support timing services for communication systems; this approach is aligned with the vision of integrated CNS;
(2) Provide additional features to increase the robustness against external intentional or unintentional threats/attacks to the EGNOS navigation service, for instance by adding authentication to GNSS signals or ad hoc features at antenna and receiver level;
(3) Enhance the navigation, positioning and/or timing performance provided at user level, for instance by improving the vertical position accuracy and the time-to-alert to enable supporting Cat-II approach procedures.
The aims are to analyse and define the reasons motivating evolutions along those three axes beyond 2025, determine constraints and pre-requisites, and assess the added value to end users. The analysis shall consider each area separately and determine under what condition it would be beneficial for the programme to implement these services. The analysis shall focus on:
(1) Identifying user requirements for each of these new services and how they translate into service requirements for EGNOS;
(2) Defining the associated regulatory constraints and safety analyses required before the service can be implemented operationally;
(3) Analysing the added value for aviation end users and defining how the service could be provided, to enable a programmatic decision on which service should be implemented as a priority.
The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of the EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is 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.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

The European Commission (EC), Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is defining the roadmap for the evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond the EGNOS Service Releases of EGNOS V3 currently defined. Evolutions shall support the implementation of safer and more efficient aviation operations. In this sense, further evolutions of EGNOS services for aviation safety beyond 2025 could take any of the following three directions, either:
The aims are to analyse and define the reasons motivating evolutions along those three axes beyond 2025, determine constraints and pre-requisites, and assess the added value to end users. The analysis shall consider each area separately and determine under what condition it would be beneficial for the programme to implement these services. The analysis shall focus on:
The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of the EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is in charge of the technical supervision of the project on behalf of the European Commission.
More information about the ITT can be found here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

The European Commission (EC), Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is defining the roadmap for the evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond the EGNOS Service Releases of EGNOS V3 currently defined. Evolutions shall support the implementation of safer and more efficient aviation operations. In this sense, further evolutions of EGNOS services for aviation safety beyond 2025 could take any of the following three directions, either:
(1) Enlarge the provision of EGNOS services to Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) beyond navigation, notably to address surveillance (ADS-B) and possibly support timing services for communication systems; this approach is aligned with the vision of integrated CNS;
(2) Provide additional features to increase the robustness against external intentional or unintentional threats/attacks to the EGNOS navigation service, for instance by adding authentication to GNSS signals or ad hoc features at antenna and receiver level;
(3) Enhance the navigation, positioning and/or timing performance provided at user level, for instance by improving the vertical position accuracy and the time-to-alert to enable supporting Cat-II approach procedures.
The aims are to analyse and define the reasons motivating evolutions along those three axes beyond 2025, determine constraints and pre-requisites, and assess the added value to end users. The analysis shall consider each area separately and determine under what condition it would be beneficial for the programme to implement these services. The analysis shall focus on:
(1) Identifying user requirements for each of these new services and how they translate into service requirements for EGNOS;
(2) Defining the associated regulatory constraints and safety analyses required before the service can be implemented operationally;
(3) Analysing the added value for aviation end users and defining how the service could be provided, to enable a programmatic decision on which service should be implemented as a priority.
The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of the EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is 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.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

The European Commission (EC), Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is defining the roadmap for the evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond the EGNOS Service Releases of EGNOS V3 currently defined. Evolutions shall support the implementation of safer and more efficient aviation operations. In this sense, further evolutions of EGNOS services for aviation safety beyond 2025 could take any of the following three directions, either:
(1) Enlarge the provision of EGNOS services to Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) beyond navigation, notably to address surveillance (ADS-B) and possibly support timing services for communication systems; this approach is aligned with the vision of integrated CNS;
(2) Provide additional features to increase the robustness against external intentional or unintentional threats/attacks to the EGNOS navigation service, for instance by adding authentication to GNSS signals or ad hoc features at antenna and receiver level;
(3) Enhance the navigation, positioning and/or timing performance provided at user level, for instance by reducing the vertical position accuracy and the time-to-alert to enable supporting Cat-II approach procedures.
The aims are to analyse and define the reasons motivating evolutions along those three axes beyond 2025, determine constraints and pre-requisites, and assess the added value to end users. The analysis shall consider each area separately and determine under what condition it would be beneficial for the programme to implement these services. The analysis shall focus on:
(1) Identifying user requirements for each of these new services and how they translate into service requirements for EGNOS;
(2) Defining the associated regulatory constraints and safety analyses required before the service can be implemented operationally;
(3) Analysing the added value for aviation end users and defining how the service could be provided, to enable a programmatic decision on which service should be implemented as a priority.
The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of the EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is 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.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Přípravy na vypuštění družice Sentinel-5P jdou jako na drátkách. Nejnověji dosaženým mezníkem na cestě do vesmíru, která je plánovaná na 13. října v 9:27 h GMT (11:27 h středoevropského času), bylo symbolické „rozloučení se“ s družicí a její umístění pod aerodynamický kryt rakety Rockot.
Přípravy na vypuštění družice Sentinel-5P jdou jako na drátkách. Nejnověji dosaženým mezníkem na cestě do vesmíru, která je plánovaná na 13. října v 9:27 h GMT (11:27 h středoevropského času), bylo symbolické „rozloučení se“ s družicí a její umístění pod aerodynamický kryt rakety Rockot.





To identify timing service needs that are not yet being met by the EGNSS basic time service, the ‘DEMonstrator of EGNSS services based on Time Reference Architecture’ (DEMETRA) project developed a prototype of an EGNSS-based time disseminator that provides time certification, redundancy, resilience, integrity, and improved accuracy, while validating the concept of ‘time as a service’.
The overarching goal of the DEMETRA project was to promote the use of EGNSS (EGNOS and Galileo) by enhancing and augmenting its timing service characteristics. To ensure that the needs of timing and synchronisation users were incorporated into the project design, the developers engaged with these end-users to design a system to demonstrate new or advanced timing services based on a common infrastructure that is scalable, robust, and continuously monitored.
Nine different time services were developed and integrated in the demonstrator, with varying degrees of technical and commercial maturity, based on the European GNSS basic timing service, which was complemented by other independent time transfer technologies. The services tested were:
These services could become the basis for European timing standards, making timing of critical European infrastructure independent from GPS and fostering the dissemination of EGNSS-based common standardised time services throughout Europe.
Watch this: DEMETRA: Time as a Service
The project demonstrated the feasibility of delivering early EGNSS timing services to end users by utilising an operational prototype of a Galileo Time Services Provider (TSP) which could provide timing products to the Galileo system while also providing additional time services to other external customers.
The demonstrator was built around the concept of a common core infrastructure hosting advanced time services and delivering common services. These include time services monitoring, reference time, managing a centralised TSP database, and offering public and private web services such as the provision of TSP information for the general public and usage data and KPI for subscribed users. The demonstrator was deployed as an open and scalable architecture with common interfaces, making it easier to integrate new time services in the future.
This allows service developers to focus on performance at user level.

There is significant untapped potential on the market for timing services, with some users already requiring these services and others about to reach a maturity level at which they will require them in the near future. The project conducted a Timing Service User Needs Analysis to identify the timing needs of end-users in market sectors as diverse as agriculture, energy, finance, media, science, surveying, telecommunications and transport.
This analysis concluded that the finance, energy and telecommunications markets have the greatest short-term commercial potential for the delivery of timing services. Synchronisation monitoring, accuracy, certification and availability were found to be the key areas where timing services are required in these three markets.
Each market is already served by existing solutions, but these mainly concentrate on the delivery of accurate time and focus less on monitoring, certification of time sources and availability of time. To ensure that the needs of the market are met, specific business plans will be rolled out for each DEMETRA service. These will vary considerably based on the maturity of the service and the applicability of the service to each market.
For more information, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

To identify timing service needs that are not yet being met by the EGNSS basic time service, the ‘DEMonstrator of EGNSS services based on Time Reference Architecture’ (DEMETRA) project developed a prototype of an EGNSS-based time disseminator that provides time certification, redundancy, resilience, integrity, and improved accuracy, while validating the concept of ‘time as a service’.
The overarching goal of the DEMETRA project was to promote the use of EGNSS (EGNOS and Galileo) by enhancing and augmenting its timing service characteristics. To ensure that the needs of timing and synchronisation users were incorporated into the project design, the developers engaged with these end-users to design a system to demonstrate new or advanced timing services based on a common infrastructure that is scalable, robust, and continuously monitored.
Nine different time services were developed and integrated in the demonstrator, with varying degrees of technical and commercial maturity, based on the European GNSS basic timing service, which was complemented by other independent time transfer technologies. The services tested were:
These services could become the basis for European timing standards, making timing of critical European infrastructure independent from GPS and fostering the dissemination of EGNSS-based common standardised time services throughout Europe.
Watch this: DEMETRA: Time as a Service
The project demonstrated the feasibility of delivering early EGNSS timing services to end users by utilising an operational prototype of a Galileo Time Services Provider (TSP) which could provide timing products to the Galileo system while also providing additional time services to other external customers.
The demonstrator was built around the concept of a common core infrastructure hosting advanced time services and delivering common services. These include time services monitoring, reference time, managing a centralised TSP database, and offering public and private web services such as the provision of TSP information for the general public and usage data and KPI for subscribed users. The demonstrator was deployed as an open and scalable architecture with common interfaces, making it easier to integrate new time services in the future.
This allows service developers to focus on performance at user level.

There is significant untapped potential on the market for timing services, with some users already requiring these services and others about to reach a maturity level at which they will require them in the near future. The project conducted a Timing Service User Needs Analysis to identify the timing needs of end-users in market sectors as diverse as agriculture, energy, finance, media, science, surveying, telecommunications and transport.
This analysis concluded that the finance, energy and telecommunications markets have the greatest short-term commercial potential for the delivery of timing services. Synchronisation monitoring, accuracy, certification and availability were found to be the key areas where timing services are required in these three markets.
Each market is already served by existing solutions, but these mainly concentrate on the delivery of accurate time and focus less on monitoring, certification of time sources and availability of time. To ensure that the needs of the market are met, specific business plans will be rolled out for each DEMETRA service. These will vary considerably based on the maturity of the service and the applicability of the service to each market.
For more information, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

To identify timing service needs that are not yet being met by the EGNSS basic time service, the ‘DEMonstrator of EGNSS services based on Time Reference Architecture’ (DEMETRA) project developed a prototype of an EGNSS-based time disseminator that provides time certification, redundancy, resilience, integrity, and improved accuracy, while validating the concept of ‘time as a service’.
The overarching goal of the DEMETRA project was to promote the use of EGNSS (EGNOS and Galileo) by enhancing and augmenting its timing service characteristics. To ensure that the needs of timing and synchronisation users were incorporated into the project design, the developers engaged with these end-users to design a system to demonstrate new or advanced timing services based on a common infrastructure that is scalable, robust, and continuously monitored.
Nine different time services were developed and integrated in the demonstrator, with varying degrees of technical and commercial maturity, based on the European GNSS basic timing service, which was complemented by other independent time transfer technologies. The services tested were:
These services could become the basis for European timing standards, making timing of critical European infrastructure independent from GPS and fostering the dissemination of EGNSS-based common standardised time services throughout Europe.
Watch this: DEMETRA: Time as a Service
The project demonstrated the feasibility of delivering early EGNSS timing services to end users by utilising an operational prototype of a Galileo Time Services Provider (TSP) which could provide timing products to the Galileo system while also providing additional time services to other external customers.
The demonstrator was built around the concept of a common core infrastructure hosting advanced time services and delivering common services. These include time services monitoring, reference time, managing a centralised TSP database, and offering public and private web services such as the provision of TSP information for the general public and usage data and KPI for subscribed users. The demonstrator was deployed as an open and scalable architecture with common interfaces, making it easier to integrate new time services in the future.
This allows service developers to focus on performance at user level.

There is significant untapped potential on the market for timing services, with some users already requiring these services and others about to reach a maturity level at which they will require them in the near future. The project conducted a Timing Service User Needs Analysis to identify the timing needs of end-users in market sectors as diverse as agriculture, energy, finance, media, science, surveying, telecommunications and transport.
This analysis concluded that the finance, energy and telecommunications markets have the greatest short-term commercial potential for the delivery of timing services. Synchronisation monitoring, accuracy, certification and availability were found to be the key areas where timing services are required in these three markets.
Each market is already served by existing solutions, but these mainly concentrate on the delivery of accurate time and focus less on monitoring, certification of time sources and availability of time. To ensure that the needs of the market are met, specific business plans will be rolled out for each DEMETRA service. These will vary considerably based on the maturity of the service and the applicability of the service to each market.
For more information, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

To identify timing service needs that are not yet being met by the EGNSS basic time service, the ‘DEMonstrator of EGNSS services based on Time Reference Architecture’ (DEMETRA) project developed a prototype of an EGNSS-based time disseminator that provides time certification, redundancy, resilience, integrity, and improved accuracy, while validating the concept of ‘time as a service’.
The overarching goal of the DEMETRA project was to promote the use of EGNSS (EGNOS and Galileo) by enhancing and augmenting its timing service characteristics. To ensure that the needs of timing and synchronisation users were incorporated into the project design, the developers engaged with these end-users to design a system to demonstrate new or advanced timing services based on a common infrastructure that is scalable, robust, and continuously monitored.
Nine different time services were developed and integrated in the demonstrator, with varying degrees of technical and commercial maturity, based on the European GNSS basic timing service, which was complemented by other independent time transfer technologies. The services tested were:
These services could become the basis for European timing standards, making timing of critical European infrastructure independent from GPS and fostering the dissemination of EGNSS-based common standardised time services throughout Europe.
Watch this: DEMETRA: Time as a Service
The project demonstrated the feasibility of delivering early EGNSS timing services to end users by utilising an operational prototype of a Galileo Time Services Provider (TSP) which could provide timing products to the Galileo system while also providing additional time services to other external customers.
The demonstrator was built around the concept of a common core infrastructure hosting advanced time services and delivering common services. These include time services monitoring, reference time, managing a centralised TSP database, and offering public and private web services such as the provision of TSP information for the general public and usage data and KPI for subscribed users. The demonstrator was deployed as an open and scalable architecture with common interfaces, making it easier to integrate new time services in the future.
This allows service developers to focus on performance at user level.

There is significant untapped potential on the market for timing services, with some users already requiring these services and others about to reach a maturity level at which they will require them in the near future. The project conducted a Timing Service User Needs Analysis to identify the timing needs of end-users in market sectors as diverse as agriculture, energy, finance, media, science, surveying, telecommunications and transport.
This analysis concluded that the finance, energy and telecommunications markets have the greatest short-term commercial potential for the delivery of timing services. Synchronisation monitoring, accuracy, certification and availability were found to be the key areas where timing services are required in these three markets.
Each market is already served by existing solutions, but these mainly concentrate on the delivery of accurate time and focus less on monitoring, certification of time sources and availability of time. To ensure that the needs of the market are met, specific business plans will be rolled out for each DEMETRA service. These will vary considerably based on the maturity of the service and the applicability of the service to each market.
For more information, click here.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Duny jsou jednoznačným indikátorem převládajících větrů. Ostatně, tak, jak je vidět na tomto krátery pokrytém povrchu Marsu vyfotografovaném sondou ESA Mars Express letos 16. května.
Baví vás geoinformatika a chcete se stát součástí týmu technické podpory? Neváhejte a pošlete nám svůj životopis.
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Jako pracovník technické podpory se naučíte výborně ovládat software ArcGIS, identifikovat uživatelské problémy a nacházet náhradní řešení.
Svůj životopis zašlete na adresu jobs@arcdata.cz. Chcete-li si přečíst více informací o nabízené pozici, stačí navštívit stránky volných pracovních míst.

As preparations for the launch of Sentinel-5P continue on track, the team at Russia’s Plesetsk site has bid farewell to the satellite as it was sealed from view in the Rockot fairing. Liftoff is set for 13 October at 09:27 GMT (11:27 CEST).
Před šedesáti lety, 4. října 1957, se ozval z oblohy signál „píp-píp“ pocházející z družice Sputnik. Začala tak nová éra lidstva.
Před šedesáti lety, 4. října 1957, se ozval z oblohy signál „píp-píp“ pocházející z družice Sputnik. Začala tak nová éra lidstva.

ESA is offering over 100 opportunities for industry, start-ups and scientific institutions to develop innovative ideas that bring Earth observation science closer to society.
Pracujete s drony a potřebujete efektivně zpracovat snímky, které jste pořídili? Seznamte se s aplikací Drone2Map for ArcGIS v dalším díle našich videoseminářů.

From the barren Sahara to lush jungles, the first high-resolution map classifying land cover types on the entire African continent has been released. The map was created using a year’s worth of data from the Sentinel-2A satellite.
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With the 2017 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) aims to gain a clearer picture of the requirements of EGNOS users so it can improve EGNOS service delivery.
The GSA, along with the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), has launched the 2017 edition of its EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey. In conducting this survey, the GSA and ESSP aim to gain a better understanding of EGNOS’ value to users, with a view to providing better customer service.
The survey will be open to EGNOS users until December 1 and only takes a few moments to complete.
You can access the survey here.
The survey covers all market segments and services, including the Open Service, the Safety of Life Service and the EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS). It also assesses the ESSP’s management of EGNOS User Support Services. All EGNOS users are strongly encouraged to participate, regardless of the market segment in which they operate.
The 2016 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey showed a positive trend, with user satisfaction increased substantially compared with 2015. These results will be presented in full at the EGNOS Workshop, which is to be held in Athens, Greece, on 3-4 October, 2017.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

With the 2017 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) aims to gain a clearer picture of the requirements of EGNOS users so it can improve EGNOS service delivery.
The GSA, along with the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), has launched the 2017 edition of its EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey. In conducting this survey, the GSA and ESSP aim to gain a better understanding of EGNOS’ value to users, with a view to providing better customer service.
The survey will be open to EGNOS users until November 30 and only takes a few moments to complete.
You can access the survey here.
The survey covers all market segments and services, including the Open Service, the Safety of Life Service and the EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS). It also assesses the ESSP’s management of EGNOS User Support Services. All EGNOS users are strongly encouraged to participate, regardless of the market segment in which they operate.
The 2016 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey showed a positive trend, with user satisfaction increased substantially compared with 2015. These results will be presented in full at the EGNOS Workshop, which is to be held in Athens, Greece, on 3-4 October, 2017.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

With the 2017 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) aims to gain a clearer picture of the requirements of EGNOS users so it can improve EGNOS service delivery.
The GSA, along with the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), has launched the 2017 edition of its EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey. In conducting this survey, the GSA and ESSP aim to gain a better understanding of EGNOS’ value to users, with a view to providing better customer service.
The survey will be open to EGNOS users until December 1 and only takes a few moments to complete.
You can access the survey here.
The survey covers all market segments and services, including the Open Service, the Safety of Life Service and the EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS). It also assesses the ESSP’s management of EGNOS User Support Services. All EGNOS users are strongly encouraged to participate, regardless of the market segment in which they operate.
The 2016 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey showed a positive trend, with user satisfaction increased substantially compared with 2015. These results will be presented in full at the EGNOS Workshop, which is to be held in Athens, Greece, on 3-4 October, 2017.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

With the 2017 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) aims to gain a clearer picture of the requirements of EGNOS users so it can improve EGNOS service delivery.
The GSA, along with the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), has launched the 2017 edition of its EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey. In conducting this survey, the GSA and ESSP aim to gain a better understanding of EGNOS’ value to users, with a view to providing better customer service.
The survey will be open to EGNOS users until December 1 and only takes a few moments to complete.
You can access the survey here.
The survey covers all market segments and services, including the Open Service, the Safety of Life Service and the EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS). It also assesses the ESSP’s management of EGNOS User Support Services. All EGNOS users are strongly encouraged to participate, regardless of the market segment in which they operate.
The 2016 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey showed a positive trend, with user satisfaction increased substantially compared with 2015. These results will be presented in full at the EGNOS Workshop, which is to be held in Athens, Greece, on 3-4 October, 2017.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

With the 2017 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) aims to gain a clearer picture of the requirements of EGNOS users so it can improve EGNOS service delivery.
The GSA, along with the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), has launched the 2017 edition of its EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey. In conducting this survey, the GSA and ESSP aim to gain a better understanding of EGNOS’ value to users, with a view to providing better customer service.
The survey will be open to EGNOS users until November 30 and only takes a few moments to complete.
You can access the survey here.
The survey covers all market segments and services, including the Open Service, the Safety of Life Service and the EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS). It also assesses the ESSP’s management of EGNOS User Support Services. All EGNOS users are strongly encouraged to participate, regardless of the market segment in which they operate.
The 2016 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey showed a positive trend, with user satisfaction increased substantially compared with 2015. These results will be presented in full at the EGNOS Workshop, which is to be held in Athens, Greece, on 3-4 October, 2017.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

With the 2017 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) aims to gain a clearer picture of the requirements of EGNOS users so it can improve EGNOS service delivery.
The GSA, along with the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), has launched the 2017 edition of its EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey. In conducting this survey, the GSA and ESSP aim to gain a better understanding of EGNOS’ value to users, with a view to providing better customer service.
The survey will be open to EGNOS users until November 30 and only takes a few moments to complete.
You can access the survey here.
The survey covers all market segments and services, including the Open Service, the Safety of Life Service and the EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS). It also assesses the ESSP’s management of EGNOS User Support Services. All EGNOS users are strongly encouraged to participate, regardless of the market segment in which they operate.
The 2016 EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey showed a positive trend, with user satisfaction increased substantially compared with 2015. These results will be presented in full at the EGNOS Workshop, which is to be held in Athens, Greece, on 3-4 October, 2017.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).