EXPERIENCES WITH THE DGPS-BASED TRAMWAY LOCATION SYSTEM IN MANNHEIM

This paper describes a tram location pilot system in Mannheim Germany, that uses on-board autonomous Digital Global Positioning System (DGPS) with dead reckoning and a radio link to a control center. The paper describes the trial set-up for dynamic real-time measurements of the positioning accuracy. Results indicate that DGPS in combination with dead reckoning, achieves vehicle positioning that is precise enough to provide reliable and up-to-date passenger information.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: September 1998
• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford University

  Stanford, CA  United States  94305
• Authors:
  • Vogel, Dietmar
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 336-344
• Serial:
  • The Journal of navigation. Vol. 51, no. 3
  • Publisher: Stanford University

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle location; Global Positioning System

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00788028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM