Terrestrial Radiodetermination Potential Users and Their Requirements

Details

• Creators:
  Cantor, S. ; Farr, Edwin H.. ; Kodis, Ralph
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automatic tracking
  • Data processing
  • Dispatching
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Ground vehicles
  • Highway traffic control
  • Inland waterways
  • Location
  • Monitoring
  • Position fixing
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TJC-OST-76-7
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
• Abstract:
  The report summarizes information gathered during a preliminary study of the application of electronic techniques to geographical position determination on land and on inland waterways. Systems incorporating such techniques have been called terrestrial radiodetermination (TRD) systems. Their most common application has been to locate and track a large number of vehicles in real time. These and other potential uses and requirements are identified and discussed. The final portions of this report describe the design and operation of a number of TRD and TRD-related systems that have been or soon will be deployed for demonstration. Most of these systems are associated with the computer-aided dispatching and monitoring of either municipal police car or bus fleets. The benefits and limitations of these systems, as determined by their users, are presented for consideration.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10837/dot_10837_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b45da702ff938e40f338683ed2c3fd2e0d2ef1acc5bf82044b596c948499dbe0