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Trials
Numerous terrestrial trials have been held to demonstrate the technical and economic benefits of satellite navigation, and EGNOS in particular. The list of past trials are:
Market |
Description |
Location |
Date |
Website |
Personal |
Part of SCORE (Service of Coordinated Operational Emergency & Rescue using EGNOS). Demonstrating a first operational prototype of E112 emergency service |
Carnaxide, Portugal |
March 3rd 2006 |
SCORE website |
Rail |
Part of ProDDAGE. Demonstration of EGNOS using the EGNOS System Test Bed (ESTB), based on the Integrail system Rail Navigation User Equipment |
Gauteng, South Africa |
November 24th 2005 |
ESA website |
Road |
Part of ProDDAGE project. Using EGNOS to produce fast and accurate television 3D viewing of the cars on the World Rally Championship |
Trier, Germany |
August 2005 |
ESA website
ProDDAGE website |
Personal |
Tracking cyclists during the 2005 edition of the Tour de France event |
Chambord, France |
July 2005 |
ESA website |
Rail |
Part of ECORAIL project. Using EGNOS for railway control applications |
Linz, Austria |
July 2005 |
ESA website
ECORAIL website |
Rail Transport |
Part of the Locoloc/Locoprol project. EGNOS was used in conjunction with other navigation systems to enable safer train circulation. |
Nice, France |
January 2005 |
Locoloc website |
Personal |
Part of INSTANT project. To improve safety during the Olympic Games. |
Athens, Greece |
August 2004 |
ESA website |
Personal |
Real time tracking of the cyclists at the "Tour de France" event |
Alpe d'Huez, France |
July 2004 |
ESA website |
Rail Transport |
Part of the Locoloc/Locoprol project. EGNOS was used in conjunction with other navigation systems to enable safer train circulation. |
Gembloux, Belgium |
April 2004 |
Locoloc website
ESA website |
Road Transport |
Part of the ARMAS project. EGNOS to improve road safety. |
Lisbon, Portugal |
November 2003 |
ESA website |
Rail Transport |
Part of INTEGRAIL. EGNOS for railway traffic management and signalling. |
Linz, Austria |
June 2003 |
ESA website |
Road Transport |
Transmission of EGNOS data corrections via Digital Audio Broadcasting to car receivers in urban environments. |
Hildesheim, Germany |
June 2003 |
N/A |
Personal |
EGNOS through SISNeT for the blind. |
Madrid, Spain |
June 2003 |
ESA website |
Road Transport |
Part of EGNOS TRAN Project. EGNOS was used in conjunction with GPRS to provide navigation data to users in urban environments. |
Rome, Italy |
May 2003 |
Telespazio website |
Road Transport |
Using EGNOS for commuting in towns with buses |
Toulouse, France |
February 2003 |
ESA website |
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