PloughStars – Space based services for winter road maintenance

AHORN 2014 Der Alpenraum und seine Herausforderungen im Bereich Orientierung, Navigation und Informationsaustausch

21. November 2014, Graz

20.11.2014 | R. Grimm An activity within the Integrated Applications Program (IAP) Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA)

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AGENDA

• Quick Company Overview • Project Overview • Requirements • State of the Art • Integrated Solution • Next Steps

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Company Overview

AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 BERNER & MATTNER Assystem Group

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Locations & Outreach

ASSYSTEM BERNER & MATTNER

Founded: 1966 Founded: 1979 Employees: 11.045 Employees: 470 Headquarters: Paris, France Headquarters: Munich, Germany

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Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik

• Key Data • Foundation: 1979 • Employees: 470 in 8 Locations • Portfolio • SW/System Engineering • Test Systems & Automation • User Friendly HMI’s for Critical Applications • Sectors • Space & Defence • Machinery • Transportation, Automotive • Customers MBDA, EADS, MAN, MTU, G&D, Siemens, DB, ÖBB, Bombardier, Audi, BMW, Daimler, VW, ESA, DLR, Astrium, Tesat

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Project Overview

AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 PROJECT OVERVIEW Objectives

Space Based Services for improved Winter Road Maintenance • Enhanced guidance, also in worse weather conditions • Reduce damages of road surrounding • Optimized spreading of salt / abrasives • Reduce total cost of winter road maintenance Requirements • Flexible system, usable for • Public organisations (using e.g. large trucks) • Private road companies • Local contractor companies / individuals (e.g. with snow plough) • Low cost system • Supporting all winter road maintenance activities • Planning • Operation • Reporting

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PROJECT OVERVIEW Project Partners

Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik (Lead, Germany) • Space Applications, Software & Systems Engineering • Telematics, Driver Assistance, Automation • Project Management & ESA IAP experience

Brimatech Services (Austria) • Market research and consulting focused on technology markets • Technology Viability Analysis / Stakeholder Involvement

TeleConsult Austria • Precise positioning, reliable navigation & information technologies • Related ESA IAP activities and commercial products

VISTA (Germany) • Remote Sensing and Modelling for Hydrology, Agriculture and Environment • Snow coverage and enhanced local weather forecast

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Requirements

AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 REQUIREMENTS Approach

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Workshops / Scenarios Phone Interviews

Users / Stakeholders Results f. Workshop / Interviews from DE, AT, CH, SE, NO  Spreading/ Ploughing Support  Public Authorities  Vehicle Guidance  Contractors  Convoy Navigation  Manufacturers  Road Management  Service Provider  Road User Support  Owner of private roads  Road Users

13 AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 REQUIREMENTS Results

Examples for User Needs • Vehicle Guidance • The accuracy of the positions should be as good as possible • The navigation device should be accurate enough to differ between roads or that are close to each other • < 1 m accuracy for location of tubes or other objects • … • Weather awareness improvement • The contractors need a 24 hours forecast, especially for slippery roads in autumn or spring • … • Usability • In-vehicle support services should be very easy to use • Visualization of data in front of the driver • Available for a wide range of vehicles • …

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State of the Art Analysis & Technology Identification

AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 STATE OF THE ART & TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFICATION

Interaction between Task 1 and Task 2

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Analysis of current methods / services

Winter road maintenance operations and procedures • Current relevant aspects and basic methods applied • Organisation of road maintenance • Levels of service • Personnel and vehicle disposition • Regulations and legal aspects technology • techniques • Spreading abrasives and salt • Current on-board technology • Temperature/position dependent spreading

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Analysis of current methods / services

Winter Service Management Systems (WSMS) • Vehicle tracking • Fleet management and vehicle guidance • Electronic activity reporting and documentation • Recording of events • Improved invoicing Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) • National and commercial services • Services tailored to winter road maintenance applications • Weather information and weather forecast • Decision Support Systems (DSS)

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Technology analysis

Identification of space based and non space based technologies • Technologies that might be valuable for the proposed integrated solution

Technologies considered viable Main parameters for winter road maintenance Satellite Navigation Availability Earth Observation Accuracy Environmental Information Reliability Vehicle Technology Resolution Communication Technology Costs Information Systems Access / data format Limitations Trends

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Integrated Solution & Associated Services

AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 INTEGRATED SOLUTION & ASSOCIATED SERVICES

Plough Stars Product Features

Integrated • Integrate requirred support for winter road maintenance in one system • Vehicle guidance • Local weather situation • information • Tasking of drivers, reporting, … Flexible • Mobile system • No fixed vehicle installation (except antenna) • No vehicle interface • Integrated Mobile / SatCom network interface Expandable • Service level concept • Base service for low cost applications • Higher level service with increased data preprocessing and higher data update rate

21 AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 INTEGRATED SOLUTION & ASSOCIATED SERVICES Preliminary Architeture

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Precise Navigation DRIVER COMMUNICATION Acoustic / Visual Road Database Object Database Road & Section Weather

Salt Spreading

Advice

R -15° 150 cm Section Info -10° 40 cm C

Road Character Data Pool Data

N Plough Stars Plough Obstacles

+ Environment

Section Snow Info

Emergency Internal Public Info Communication Traffic Condition Documentation End User Functions Route Planning

23 AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 INTEGRATED SOLUTION & ASSOCIATED SERVICES Plough Stars

Potential Users • Road operators and road administrations • Road maintenance or construction agencies • Manufacturers of winter maintenance vehicles and equipment • Telematics systems providers • Logistics industry • Governmental authorities Resulting Benefits • Extended navigation services based on high positioning accuracy • Collision avoidance through driver assistance • Optimized and intelligent location-based equipment control • Automatic documentation of snow clearing and salt spreading • Reduced maintenance costs and minimized environmental impacts • Improved weather and snow prediction for optimized planning • Better road conditions and safety, minimizing traffic delays

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Next Steps

AHORN 2014 • 20. - 21.11.2014 PLOUGH STARS Next Steps

Proof of Concept

Awareness Event

Roadmap and Recommendations

Preparation of Demo Phase

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