AUTOMOBILE NAVIGATION:
`WHERE IS IT GOING?
`Robert L. French
`Consultant
`Fort Worth, TX 76107
`
`Vehicular navigation systems, digital maps, and mobile
`communications equipment are interrelated product areas that
`have large potential markets because of their wide ap-
`plicability to consumer as well as business vehicles. In the
`United States, for example, there are approximately
`150,000,000 automobiles in use, and an additional
`10,000,000 are sold each year. U.S. business fleets include
`3,400,000 automobiles, 1,600,000 light trucks and vans,
`600,000 heavy trucks, and approximately 500,000 buses.
`Digital maps and mobile data communications combine
`synergistically with vehicular navigation to multiply its
`usefulness and effectiveness, and to enhance the potential
`market for both consumer and commercial applications.
`Table I lists system capabilities that may be realized by vehi-
`cle navigation alone, by navigation in conjunction with
`stored digital maps, and in combination with both digital
`maps and data communications. Clearly, the direction and
`pace of vehicular navigation system development and deploy-
`ment will be strongly influenced by the availability of com-
`prehensive digital map data bases and supporting data
`communications.
`
`ABSTRACT
`
`Automobile navigation systems based on dead reckoning,
`map matching, satellite positioning and other navigation
`technologies are under active development. "Map in-
`telligent" systems achieve high relative accuracy by
`matching dead-reckoned paths with road geometry encoded
`in a digital map data base that may also serve other func-
`tions such as vehicle routing and geocoding. Satellite-based
`navigation systems achieve high absolute accuracy but
`require dead reckoning augmentation because of signal aber-
`rations in the automotive environment. Future systems will
`probably include multiple navigation technologies. Issues in-
`fluencing the design of future systems include safety con-
`cerns regarding the driver interface, and the future availabili-
`ty of comprehensive map data bases, real-time traffic data,
`and mobile data communication links necessary for on-board
`generation of optimum routes.
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`INTRODUCTION
`
`The capabilities and functions of automobile navigation
`systems in the 1990s will be shaped by important issues en-
`countered in the 1980s.
`* Choosing Technology Paths
`* Integrating Overall Systems
`* Resolving Driver Interfaces
`* Providing Map Data Bases
`* Coordinating Mobile Communications
`This paper reviews each of these issues, and discusses possi-
`ble scenarios for the future based upon current directions
`here and abroad. It is a companion piece to an earlier paper
`which traces the history of automobile navigation and
`describes contemporary navigation technologies [1].
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`Based on a presentation at PLANS '86.DyaiX
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`Table I. Vehicular System Capabilities
`NAVI-
`WITH WITH
`SYSTEM
`GATION MAP
`DATA
`FUNCTIONAL
`CAPABILITiES
`ONLY
`DATA COMM.
`Location Information
`In-Vehicle
`Central Dispatch
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`X
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`X
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`X
`X
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`Route Guidance
`Historical
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`X
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`X
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`TECHNOLOGY PATHS
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`The effectiveness of navigation technology is traditionally
`rated in terms of position accuracy. Figure 1 shows the im-
`provements in accuracy that have been achieved in recent
`decades with multi-purpose radio-location technologies as
`reported by Luse and Malla [2]. The accuracy of celestial
`navigation in 1940 [2], and the accuracy of recent map
`matching technologies reported by French and Lang [3] and
`by Honey and Zavoli [4] are included for comparison.
`
`Radio Location
`The exponential improvement in radio-location accuracy
`with time is striking, but it should be noted that the target
`date of 1988 for Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS)
`availability will not be met as a result of the presently
`diminished U.S. capacity for launching satellites. Loran is
`now gaining some popularity as a means of tracking land
`vehicle location from a central location [5,6], but its modest
`accuracy, along with the persisting lack of mid-continent
`coverage, limits its usefulness for automotive navigation.
`Although the absolute accuracy of Navstar GPS has great
`appeal for future automotive navigation, it is not the panacea
`inferred by reports following Chrysler's introduction of the
`CLASS concept at the 1984 World Fair in New Orleans [7]
`and the investigation of satellite navigation by other
`automobile manufacturers [8]. GPS signal disruption by
`buildings, bridges, foliage, etc., may produce positioning
`discontinuities when GPS receivers are operated in
`automobiles. Auxiliary dead reckoning subsystems are thus
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`required for effective automotive navigation using GPS.
`Other future satellite systems may also offer vehicle
`navigation as well as mobile data communication services
`[9]. In addition, there is potential for new radio-trilateration
`approaches using subcarrier signals from cellular radio
`transmitters [10].
`Dead Reckoning
`Dead reckoning is the process of determining a vehicle's
`location relative to an initial position by integrating measured
`increments and directions of travel. Most dead reckoning
`technologies used in automobile navigation systems were
`developed long before the automobile itself [1]. These in-
`clude the odometer, the differential odometer, and the
`magnetic compass. The gyro compass, developed in 1906,
`has seen only limited use in automobile systems, and inertial
`systems are presently expensive and ill-suited for the harsh
`automotive environment.
`Dead reckoning accuracy is difficult to quantize because it
`continuously decreases with time and/or the distance a vehi-
`cle is driven. For example, the vehicular odograph, a WW-
`II military navigation system based on the odometer and
`compass, accumulated 1 mile of error per 50 to 150 miles
`driven [11]. Even the most precise dead reckoning naviga-
`tion systems require periodic reinitialization.
`Map Matching
`Artificial intelligence concepts may be applied to match
`dead-reckoned vehicle paths with road maps which are
`digitized and stored in computer memory. With map
`matching, sensed mathematical features of the vehicle path
`are continuously associated with those encoded in a map data
`base, just as a driver associates observed landmarks and road
`features with those depicted on a paper map to recognize
`position. Thus a vehicle's dead-reckoned location may be
`automatically reinitialized at every turn to prevent accumula-
`tion of dead reckoning error.
`The first vehicular application of map matching technology
`was in the Automatic Route Control System (ARCS) which
`used a differential odometer for dead reckoning [3]. ARCS
`had an average location accuracy of 1.15 meters (see Figure
`1) relative to predetermined routes that were initially digi-
`tized by direct field measurements using the ARCS equip-
`ment. Since the digital route map data were from replicable
`field measurements, the 1.15-meter location accuracy is
`more a measure of the effectiveness of the map matching
`algorithm rather than the accuracy of the dead reckoning
`technique or of the map data being matched.
`The more recent Etak map-matching system uses a solid
`state flux-gate compass as well as the differential odometer
`to dead reckon paths for matching with digitized maps com-
`piled from Census Bureau GBF/DIME files, U.S. Geological
`Survey topographical maps, and aerial photographs [4]. As
`shown in Figure 1, the Etak system exhibits an accuracy of
`approximately 16 meters relative to the digitized maps. The
`Etak map data base is within 16 meters of ground truth, and
`has a relative accuracy of 5 meters on each map according
`to Dial [12].
`Interestingly, neither the source nor the magnitude of dead
`reckoning and map data errors need be overriding concerns
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`when map matching is used. As long as the street and road
`connectivity is accurately defined, the map matching process
`identifies position relative to the road network as visually
`perceived by the vehicle driver. The information actually
`needed by the driver may thus be presented in a customary
`frame of reference. After all, vehicle location coordinates
`are of little value to a driver unless used in conjunction with
`a map [13].
`Even relatively crude dead reckoning is sufficiently robust
`to support map matching when operating on a defined road
`network. However, good dead-reckoning accuracy is re-
`quired to achieve reinitialization through map matching upon
`returning to the road network after off-road operation such
`as in a parking lot.
`
`Proximity Beacon
`This approach uses strategically located short-range
`transmitters, and the very reception of their location-coded
`signals infers the receiving vehicle's instantaneous location.
`Several variations of the proximity approach, some involving
`two-way communications with equipped vehicles, have been
`investigated for interactive route guidance [14]. Typically,
`the driver enters a destination code on the vehicle panel for
`automatic transmission to a roadside unit as the vehicle ap-
`proaches an instrumented intersection. The roadside unit,
`which may be networked with a traffic management system,
`analyzes the destination code and instantly transmits route in-
`structions for display on the vehicle's panel. Alternatively,
`the roadside unit may only transmit its location to the vehicle
`where an on-board computer, using stored road network
`data, generates the route instructions from the identified
`location.
`The proximity beacon approach, inactive in the U.S. since
`Congress mandated termination of the ERGS project in 1970
`[15], has been the subject of further development and testing
`in Japan [16] and West Germany [17] where the task of in-
`strumenting the road networks is less formidable. For exam-
`ple, the ALI-SCOUT proximity beacon system, which uses
`dead reckoning and map matching techniques between
`beacons which download updated map and traffic data, is
`nearing testing in West Berlin [18].
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`FUTURE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
`
`What configurations will prevail in automobile navigation
`systems of the future? Patterns already set in the design of
`other automotive systems, as well as computer and entertain-
`ment systems, suggest commonality and modularity as likely
`system characteristics.
`Figure 2 is one concept for the type of general purpose
`systems likely to appear in the next 15 years. It represents a
`composite of state-of-the-art developments, provides the
`modularity necessary for adaptation to specific applications,
`and leaves room for vendor differentiation.
`Distance and heading sensing will be included even if
`precise location sensing, such as Navstar GPS, is available.
`Distance and heading sensing may be accomplished by dif-
`ferential odometry using input signals from existing antilock
`braking systems, or in combination with software compen-
`sated flux-gate magnetic compasses. The fibre optics
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`gyroscope [19] also shows potential as an inexpensive and
`rugged means for accurately sensing heading changes.
`Digitized maps are as essential to the automotive naviga-
`tion systems of the future as paper maps and charts were to
`the professional maritime navigators of the past. Large
`capacity storage is required for useful amounts of map data.
`Cooke estimates that 60 percent of the U.S. population lives
`on about one million streets represented in the Census
`Bureau's GBF/DIME files [20]. Assuming 120 to 150 bytes
`per street, simple extrapolation allowing for rural areas sug-
`gests that a nationwide digital map would fit on one 500
`MByte CD-ROM disk.
`Map matching systems based upon dead reckoning alone
`can become confused if digital maps are not current, or from
`extensive driving off the defined road network. Thus ab-
`solute location sensors, such as satellite positioning or prox-
`imity beacons, will be required if occasional manual
`reinitialization is to be avoided.
`Data communications will also be a feature of future
`systems in countries that integrate traffic management with
`in-vehicle route guidance to enhance the benefits. One-way
`communication from the infrastructure to the vehicle is the
`most useful link. However, additional system benefits would
`be provided by vehicle-to-infrastructure data communica-
`tions. This could provide destination information to central
`traffic management systems for planning optimal traffic flow
`or, as in the case of the ALI-SCOUT [18], eliminate the
`need for traffic sensors by reporting recent travel experience
`to the central traffic management system.
`The lower three blocks of Figure 2 comprise the driver in-
`terface, an important and controversial topic which is
`discussed separately.
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`DRIVER INTERFACES
`
`The approach to the interface between an on-board naviga-
`tion system and the vehicle operator must take into account
`ergonomics and safety considerations as well as functional
`requirements. Most systems proposed or developed to date
`use detailed map displays or some combination of symbolic
`graphics, alphanumeric messages, and audio signals.
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`There is considerable information available to automotive
`systems design engineers on display and control surface loca-
`tion, display brightness, contrast, color, font type, character
`density, analog vs digital representation, and many other
`signal properties have been well defined as a result of many
`years of intensive aerospace research. Good sources of data
`are also available that specifically relate to automobile and
`traffic control device designs. However, considerably less in-
`formation is available on when to present information to
`motorists; priorities for presentation of different types of in-
`formation; temporal, spatial, and modal redundancy; and
`resolution of apparent conflicts in information derived from
`outside and inside the vehicle [21].
`Insights on the driver interface issue may be gained by
`reviewing approaches that have been tried or proposed here
`and abroad.
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`for conveying instructions to the driver when operating in
`the route guidance mode.
`The earliest example of a route guidance system incor-
`porating automatic route generation using on-board digital
`maps was "Micropilot" developed in England in 1981 [30].
`This system used an audio interface in the form of digitized
`voice - not speech synthesis - with a vocabulary of twenty
`six words.
`West German designs invariably use simplified visual
`displays, sometimes in combination with audio messages, for
`conveying route instructions to the driver. Virtually all West
`German systems to date use some combination of short
`visual messages, symbolic graphics, and/or voice.
`One example is the route guidance system described by
`Haeussermann in a 1984 paper [31]. When on highway net-
`works, this system uses a 2-line LCD display with 16
`characters per line to give the next route point and remain-
`ing distance. When on city streets, an alternate LCD display
`United States
`with a pointer indicates the direction of the destination, and
`Some of the most serious research on driver interfaces was
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`The ERGS vehicle unit back-illuminated various combina-
`Blaupunkt also uses simplified graphics to convey route in-
`structions [32]. The original prototype includes differential
`tions of arrows and words on a guidance panel. Tests were
`also conducted with "heads up" displays which projected
`odometer, map data base with map matching, and route
`simple combinations of arrows and words on the windshield
`search software to generate explicit route guidance instruc-
`so that the driver did not have to remove his eyes from the
`tions. The main display includes a vertical LCD panel for
`road [23].tos
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`display. Voice capability is included, and is used to confirm
`elaborate control panels more typical of aircraftare
`destination entries. Turns at complicated intersections, lane
`exemplified by those of Zwahlen [24]. He points out the
`changes, etc., are specified to the driver in the form of
`potential for visual overload leading to impairment of lateral
`simplified diagrams which show lane boundries and use ar-
`steering control.
`In the early 1970s, ARCS, an automatic route control
`rows to indicate the path to be taken.
`Bosch-Blaupunkt also provides the interface equipment for
`p .q
`system developed for operation over programmed newspaper
`p
`the ALI-SCOUT system, a joint project of the West German
`routes, used prerecorded audio route guidance instructions
`Government Siemens, Volkswagen, Blaupunkt and others.
`during extensive operational tests [3]. This approach worked
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`are presented much the same way as in EVA, but with an
`25]. ubseuentadditional feature similar to the "Wolfsburg wave" [33].
`arrows along with street names, etc. [25]. Subsequent
`arrow alog witstret nmes, tc.
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`research reported by Streeter [26] established that drivers
`who isteed tdirctios dove o detinaionsin fwerThe Wolfsburg wave is essentially a bar graph that, in this
`who listened to directions drove to destinations in fewer
`application, gives a "count down" to the exact point where
`miles, less time, and with about 70 percent fewer errors than
`the vehicle is to turn, thus clearly delineating among closely
`drivers using customized route maps.
`spaced turns.
`The next generation of systems development in the United
`Destination input, as well as system control, for the next
`g
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`clude satellite-based navigation systems demonstrated by
`scale user tests in West Berlin starting next year) will be via
`Ford [27], General Motors [28], and Chrysler [7], all of
`which displayed da hand held wireless remote control unit with shift keys for
`.intaiin.h.yse
`which displayed detailed map images. The Etak Navigator,
`alhnuei inorato.
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`~~trip will be much like remotely programming a VCR, and
`the market in the U.S., carries the trend a step further by
`mav be done bv anvone in the automobile.
`displaying a map that rotates to match vehicle heading [4].
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`Japan
`Current driver interface approaches for Japanese
`automobile navigation systems seem to align more with those
`of the U.S. than with Europe. However, Japan's first major
`step toward route guidance was the CACS (Comprehensive
`Automobile Traffic Control System) project [16] of the
`1970s which was patterned after the U.S. ERGS (Electronic
`
`Europe
`European automobile navigation system designs seldom use
`elaborate visual displays for the driver interface. The prin-
`cipal exception is the Philips CARIN system [29] which in-
`cludes a color CRT map display for showing vehicle location
`relative to the surroundings. CARIN includes synthetic voice
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`Route Guidance System) project of the late 1960s [22]. Like
`ERGS, CACS used simple combinations of direction in-
`dicators and descriptors to indicate routes to be taken.
`Autonomous navigation systems started appearing in Japan
`in the early 1980s. The Nissan Driver Guide System [34]
`displayed information in a simplified graphical form "in
`order to make the bearings and distance to the destination
`easily viewable while driving." Directional arrows showed
`the direction to the destination, and a bar graph indicated the
`fractional distance remaining.
`Appearing about the same time was the Honda "Electro
`Gyro-Cator" navigation system [35] which used a CRT
`display to show a plot of the vehicle's path. Location could
`be established by using a transparent map overlay.
`Subsequent systems shown in Japan incorporate color CRT
`map displays. These include systems displayed by several
`automobile manufacturers at the October 1985 Tokyo Auto
`Show [36]. Another example of current directions is a
`Loran-based Nissan delivery truck system which also uses a
`color CRT map display [37].
`A new integrated systems approach currently under joint
`development by Japanese industry and government groups
`potentially includes an on-board computer, CRT display,
`compact disk with road network data, dead reckoning sen-
`sors, roadside electronic signposts for location confirmation
`as equipped cars pass within range, and map matching to
`augment dead reckoning between signposts [36].
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`MAP DATA BASES
`
`"Not since cartographer Gerardus Mercator started map-
`ping the world as round instead of flat in the 16th century
`has the science of map making been as stirred up." Thus
`observed the Wall Street Journal in an April 18, 1985 article
`on the impact of digital maps on cartography. Indeed, the in-
`troduction of the computer to map making is being hailed as
`a revolution that might be comparable to the development of
`the printing press. The market for computer mapping
`systems is expected to grow from $250 million to $1 billion
`during the last half of this decade [38].
`Irrespective of the progress being made in preparing and
`using maps in digital form, a major barrier to widespread
`implementation of vehicular navigation systems will be the
`lack of comprehensive map data bases to support advanced
`navigation functions such as route guidance. Developing and
`maintaining the large amounts of map data required are cost-
`ly tasks that are difficult to justify commercially until enough
`map data is available for realistic feedback on the demand
`[13].
`The most extensive body of vector-encoded map data is
`the GBF/DIME (Geographic Base File/Dual Independent
`Map Encoding) System developed by U.S. Census Bureau
`for virtually all Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas
`(SMSA). GBF/DIME includes street names and address
`ranges between nodes, as well as a variety of information
`not relevant to vehicle navigation. This map data base has
`numerous errors and represents the street network as of 1977
`[20]. Nonetheless, it is a highly useful resource as it pro-
`vides an established map encoding,.approach which is ap-
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`plicable to digital maps for use with vehicular navigation
`systems.
`In particular, graph theory is used as a conceptual
`framework for mathematically defining the location of all in-
`tersections and the interconnecting streets or roads, thus
`reducing conventional road map information to computer
`files. Road geometry is modeled in terms of nodes and
`segments with nodes representing the location of intersec-
`tions, turns, etc., and connecting segments representing in-
`crements of road.
`In order to discuss map data requirements for vehicular
`navigation systems it is necessary to consider the functions
`to be performed [13]. The driver presumably needs a user
`friendly road map for trip planning, vehicle location, orienta-
`tion, etc. Digitized map data is also needed for map match-
`ing regardless of what location technique is used. A third
`use of digital map data is for automatic routing, an especial-
`ly demanding application which requires that the map data
`base include information on traffic directions, turn restric-
`tions and other ephemeral data. Other digital map uses
`relating to vehicle navigation include geocoding (what is the
`location of a specific address?) and location directory (where
`is the nearest garage?).
`Standards for digital map data bases are not yet available
`although the newly organized Automotive Navigational Aids
`Subcommittee of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
`has formed a task group to address the need for map data
`base standards. Nonetheless, one automobile navigation
`systems company, Etak, Inc., has undertaken development of
`a proprietary digital map data base for the entire U.S. [4].
`The Etak map data base will support navigation systems
`which display vehicle location, destination, etc., relative to
`the road network, as does Etak's own system and the version
`being developed under license by General Motors for in-
`troduction in 1989. Systems which automatically generate an
`appropriate route to an input destination will require a map
`data base containing additional attributes as described above.
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`MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATIONS
`
`Major potential roles for data communications in future
`automobile navigation systems will be to provide current up-
`dates (road additions, closures, detours, etc.) for on-board
`map data bases, and to provide real-time information on traf-
`fic conditions for systems that include on-board route genera-
`tion. Mobile data communications offer additional advantages
`for commercial vehicles using navigation systems, including
`centralized vehicle location monitoring and dispatch control.
`Mobile cellular radio offers great potential for two-way
`data communications with vehicles equipped with navigation
`systems. As the public adopts the idea of the "mobile of-
`fice", there will be considerable demand for cellular radio
`for the transmission of data as well as voice. The necessary
`modems are already beginning to appear on the market [39].
`For one-way data communications with vehicle navigation
`units, an alternative area broadcast approach such as the
`Radio Data System (RDS) proposed by the European Broad-
`casting Union [40] may be advantageous. This enables digital
`information to be superimposed on the normal broadcasts of
`FM radio stations by means of sub-carrier modulation.
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`9. Roy E. Anderson, "Mobile Satellite Services for Transportation In-
`dustries," presented at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Transportation
`Research Board (1986).
`10. Lewis Sabounghi, "Applications to Goods Movements," presented at
`the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (1986).
`11. J. D. Faustman, "Automatic Map Tracer for Land Navigation," Elec-
`tronics, Vol. 17, No. 11, 94-99 (1944).
`
`Although appropriate technologies may be available for
`communicating updated map and traffic data to vehicular
`systems, there are numerous institutional barriers to the im-
`plementation of supporting data communications. Standards
`are not only required for the frequency, modulation tech-
`niques, communications mode, error detection and correction
`techniques, etc., but the data content of transmissions should
`follow a standard structure. Some progress has been made
`on these issues in vehicular navigation in Europe [40], but
`12. Robert B. Dial, "Etak's Nationwide Road Network Database: Its At-
`efforts tadeshsrqimn itributes and Applications in Urban Transportation Planning," presented
`efforts to address these requirements in the U.S. have not
`atathe 1986 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
`yet been initiated.
`(1986).
`A critical prerequisite for dynamic route guidance is coor-
`dination~~~~~~
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`dination among traffic authorities at the local, regional, state
`and national levels for the uniform collection and dissemina-
`tion of traffic information for communication to vehicular
`Without initiative on the part of the federal govern-
`ment, there does not appear to be a viable mechanism for
`bringing about the necessary coordination in the U.S.
`
`13. Gary M. Andrew, "Map Database Requirements and Outlook,"
`presented at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
`Board (1986).
`14. R. L. Gordon, B. Soicher and E. Donaldson, "Study of the Feasibility
`and Design Configuration for In-Vehicle Route Guidance," Sperry
`Corp. Report No. FHWA/RD-81/056 (1981).
`
`15. Dan A. Rosen, "Applications to Traffic Management," presented at the
`1986 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (1986).
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`CONCLUSIONS
`
`The various technologies required for future automobile
`navigation and route guidance systems that will relieve
`drivers from the tedium of planning routes and finding the
`way over them have already been developed, or are within
`reach. The main developments yet to come are in the infor-
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`sector investments will be required for the development and
`maintenance of comprehensive digital map data bases, and
`coordination among public sector organizations will be re-
`quired for collecting, standardizing, and communicating real-
`time information on traffic and road conditions.
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