QUIKTRAK, A UNIQUE NEW AVL SYSTEM

This paper describes an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system called QUIKTRAK which has been developed and installed in Australia. The system features a low cost in-vehicle component and a high system performance in terms of location capacity and accuracy. The added ability to transfer data to and from the vehicle enables many applications in fleet management and security to be installed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1989 Published By: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York
• Corporate Authors:

  Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie, TNO

  Kampweg 5
  Soesterberg,   Netherlands 

  Mazda Motor Corporation

  Hiroshima,   Japan 

  Etak, Inc

  ,    

  University of Guelph, Canada

  Department of Computing and Information Science
  Guelph, Ontario  Canada  N1G 2W1

  Advanced Systems Research Pty. Ltd.

  ,    
• Authors:
  • Hurst, G C
• Conference:
  • Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference (1st : 1989 : Toronto, Ont.). VNIS '89
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. A-60 - A-62

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle location; Commercial vehicle operations
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00785059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM