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June 1, 2002
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Tele Atlas Maps for Galileo
The European Commission has selected Tele Atlas, a developer of geographic databases based in Ghent, Belgium, to provide digital mapping data to the Polaris project, the service analysis program to test Galileo. Under the Galileo Interim Support Structure (GISS), the Polaris project will link satellite-based applications with Galileo developers, seeking to develop software tools to simulate the performance of an application on a predefined user environment. As Galileo is expected to increase positioning availability and accuracy for users of car navigation systems, it will also increase demand and requirements for map-based applications. Tele Atlas maintains digital map data of 18 European countries and all of North America.
DG-TREN Contracts for
Air Traffic Management
The European Commissions Directorate General for Transport and Energy (DG-TREN) is preparing a E30 million contract with a consortium of European companies to validate a gate-to-gate air traffic management (ATM) operational concept for 2005-2010. The consortium consists of Thales ATM, Airbus, DNA Direction de la Navigation Aérienne, and Thales Avionics (France), AENA, INDRA, and ISDEFE (Spain), Alenia Marconi Systems and ENAV S.p.A. (Italy), BAE Systems (United Kingdom), DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (Germany), LFV (Sweden), NLR (Netherlands), and Eurocontrol.
This ATM program will specify and validate the next generation of European gate-to-gate systems, using large-scale, real-time and fast-time simulations.
The concept addresses 4D predeparture constraint planning performed at a regional level on the day of operation from departure gate to destination gate; in-flight real-time optimisation using down-linked 4D trajectories; and optimisation of arrival sequences. The program is expected to improve safety, efficiency and capacity whilst reducing delay and overall cost.
Spanish Share in Galileo Industries
After a period of collaborative participation with Galileo Industries, Galileo Sistemas y Servicios, S.L. of Madrid, Spain, has signed an agreement with the Brussels-based consortium that includes a 14 percent nominal shareholding and a management role. This represents the latest step in Spains increasingly active industrial, political, and financial commitment to the Galileo programme. The Spanish entity is a joint subsidiary of Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aerea (AENA), GMV, Hispasat, Indra Espacio, Sener Grupo de Ingenieria, Alcatel Espacio, and EADS-CASA. It now joins Alcatel Space Industries S.A. of France, Alenia Spazio Sp.A. of Italy, Astrium GmbH of Germany and Astrium Ltd of the United Kingdom in the Galileo Industries joint venture.
Galileo Services Founded
Several European companies have jointly created Galileo Services, signaling their interest in future Galileo downstream business. The organisation seeks to participate in technology and business development, fostering an end-to-end vision of the Galileo system. By developing technologies and testing applications, it hopes to stimulate the growth of value-added and particularly location-based services. Partners include satellite operators Eutelsat (France), Hispasat (Spain), and Telespazio (Italy), consultancy France Developpement Conseil, marine electronic firm Kongsberg-Seatex (Norway), and receiver companies Septentrio (Belgium), and Thales (France).
Rail Consortium Tracks Safety, Control
Seeking to develop new location, signaling, and safety systems for low density traffic railway lines (LDTLs) that typically operate with less expensive, outdated, or human-based safety equipment, several European companies have founded the LOCOPROL consortium. It seeks to develop a low-cost, fail-safe satellite positioning system for trains, enabling increased onboard intelligence and train autonomy, safety of track workers, a train integrity subsystem, and an end-user interface for monitoring transported goods and providing passenger information.
With participation from industry, railways in France, Belgium, Italy, and Germany, and research centres, LOCOPROL targets system definition in 2002, testing in 2003, and final specifications in 2004. See http://www.locoprol.org.
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Autumn 2002
Greek Cadastre
GIS and Photogrammetry in Chorus
Launching Galileo
Procuring the
Public/Private Partnership
Industry Dossier
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