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Definition and Demonstration of Special
Handheld based
Applications in Difficult
Environment (SHADE)
Achievements
Demonstration of positioning solutions and services in dense urban and indoor
environments.
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Brief Description
Satellite navigation has become an emerging and important positioning source
for a wide range of applications, many of which going much beyond the traditional
transport sector, i.e. personal mobility including dense urban, indoor, and outdoor
applications which are addressed in SHADE.
Practically all of the current applications rely on the GPS signals, sometimes also
exploiting regional or local augmentations for better accuracy. As applications also
move into safety-critical or other areas where service reliability is of concern,
users and services providers alike are becoming aware of the importance of service
qualities and ultimately guarantees. As a first step, an integrity signal is already
to be provided with the EGNOS service. From Galileo FOC (Full Operational Capability) onwards, full-scale service
guarantees will be possible with GALILEO on certain signals.
With the SHADE project TeleConsult Austria, Telespazio, and Utopika are addressing novel
applications in the non-transport sector that improve availability of continuous
positioning solutions in dense urban and indoor environment. Thus, SHADE provides
safety and security enhancements for personal mobility applications. The ultimate
objective is to have the proposed applications ready for operational exploitation
in parallel with the introduction of the advanced European navigation satellite
infrastructures (EGNOS and GALILEO) in the time frame 2004 to 2008. Next to the
performance evaluation also the potential for revenue-generation will be
analysed.
Project Partners
TeleConsult Austria, Austria (lead)
DigiUtopika, Portugal
Telespazio, Italy
Financing
European Space Agency (ESA)
Status
Successfully completed in 2004
Further Information
ARTES 5 - www.esa.int
SHADE project website
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