This is the first book to provide, in a single source, the
detailed interdisciplinary information needed to
understand, design and implement advanced Intelligent
Transportation
Systems (ITS, formerly IVHS). It presents
state-of-the-art principles and practices that you can
apply to a wide range of
vehicle location and
navigation
systems -- placing special emphasis on the vehicle side of
the system -- and synthesizes information scattered among
many different engineering fields.
Based on several years of hands-on research, the book is
divided into two parts: Basic Modules, or building blocks,
and Systems, or integrated modules. Fundamental principles
as well as newly developed technologies, along with many
problem-solving examples, help you save time and improve
performance.
Turn to this well-organized, practical book for answers
to such real-life questions as:
- Why doesn't the output of your GPS receiver match your
digital map?
- When shouldn't your vehicle be redirected to a less
congested road?
- Why doesn't your navigation system work as expected
after going through the automatic car wash?
The newly developed technologies you find here include
fuzzy-logic-based algorithms, the field-emitter display
(FED), a recently invented software technology for 3-D map
display, and a seldom discussed integrated Dispatch
Enhanced Network (iDEN).
Accessible even to non-engineering specialists, this
informative book contains useful summary tables and current
references, including Internet addresses for ITS-related
pages.Contents
- Introduction
- Digital Map Database Module
- Positioning Module
- Map-Matching Module
- Route Planning Module
- Route Guidance Module
- Human-Machine Interface Module
- Wireless Communication Module
- Autonomous location and Navigation
- Centralized Location and Navigation
- A Case Study: ADVANCE
- Conclusions
- Appendices.