Electronic Horizons: Why Digital Mapping Is the Building Block of ADAS

This article describes the importance of highly accurate digital mapping data for the increasing safety potential of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). ADAS have been aided in the European Union by the automotive industry’s program to improve road safety in terms of reducing roadway accidents by 50 percent by 2010. The rapid mapping of data is crucial to such ends, as sensors for blind spots and cruise control warnings require such mapping as a prerequisite. One digital mapping organization has developed a method of swiftly gathering three-dimensional mapping information through the use of low-flying planes swiftly surveying large areas of land. It is noted in closing that a well-defined data model and specification for the interface are necessary for having successful applications that support navigation data.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/32663949
• Authors:
  • Wordsworth, Saul
• Publication Date: 2008-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 18-19, 21-24
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Autonomous intelligent cruise control; Computer vision; Digital mapping; Driver support systems; Intelligent transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01100529
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 3 2008 7:30AM