Abbreviations

Results for area 6.7 Service

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service
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data model entity for a commercial activity of interest to travellers as a destination and/or orientation that is associated with road element(s) by which it can be accessed and further described by attributes including (at least) name and type

NOTE A service may be associated with other services by parent/child relationships (many to many). Service is used synonymously with POI within the logical data model.

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navigation service
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travel time
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travel time is the actual time required for a vehicle to pass through a specific roadway section in a route

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link travel time
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travel time of a specific link

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recommended route
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the recommended route is a route calculated by the CDRG infrastructure and sent to the invehicle unit

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multi-mode route guidance
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multi-mode route guidance provides route guidance under the combined operation of the Interactive CDRG, LDRG and SRG systems

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positioning
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application category that deals with the determination of vehicle location and map matching

NOTE Positioning is one of the six application categories supported by the API.

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route guidance
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application category that deals with the generation of graphical, textual, and/or audio instructions for following a planned route

NOTE Route guidance is one of the six application categories supported by the API.

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route planning (RP)
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application category that deals with the determination of routes between specified points

NOTE Route planning is one of the six application categories supported by the API.

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services and P.O.I. information access
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application category that deals with the provision of POI information to the navigation application

NOTE one of the six application categories supported by the PSF and the API

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static route guidance (SRG)
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under SRG, the vehicle follows a route generated by the in-vehicle unit using only fixed information such as distance and other data stored in onboard map databases

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Centrally Determined Route Guidance System (CDRG)
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system which provides a driver with step-by-step driving instructions that are similar to those offered by a LDRG

NOTE With a centrally determined system, the routing instructions are determined at an off-vehicle location and transmitted to the vehicle.

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Locally Determined Route Guidance System (LDRG)
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system which provides a driver with step-by-step driving instructions that are determined by an on-vehicle system

NOTE The system typically consists of a display screen, a computer, routing and guidance software, a navigable map database, and positioning equipment to track the vehicle's location as it proceeds along its path.

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third party data (TPD)
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information about services, which is supplied by third party data providers (e.g. tourist or motoring organizations), typically with a rich content of descriptive data

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condition
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information related to link(s) composed of condition type, condition modifiers, and condition scope

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traffic information
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technical representation of a Traffic Situation within the onboard equipment, accomplished by a number of Traffic Information Reports; this Traffic Information can be displayed to the customer via suitable terminals

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information unit
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collection of information that may be regarded as an undivided whole

EXAMPLE One data set, one Section, one Layer.

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simple object access protocol (SOAP)
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protocol providing a platform-independent way for applications to communicate with each other over the internet

NOTE SOAP technology relies on XML to define the format of the information and then adds the necessary HTTP headers to send it.

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Traffic Message Channel (TMC)
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system for broadcast of (digitally encoded) traffic messages on RDS

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traffic message centre (TMC)
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centre that transmits (receives) messages to (from) the vehicle by any communication means other than short range, vehicle-to-roadside communications (beacons)

NOTE The bulk of these messages are expected to be traffic related.

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traffic assignment
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traffic assignment is the distribution of traffic in response to the needs of both the traffic situation and the intents of management personnel at the traffic control centre in order to realize a safe, smoothly flowing traffic environment

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