Objectives

The main objective for the EuroRoadS project is to build a platform for a European road data solution through a specification framework consisting of a road data structure, description of data content, data exchange mechanisms and interoperability specifications. The framework will be built on identified user requirements and tested through demonstrators. A service provider will show that the data set can be used in applications and products. Finally the project will give long-term recommendations on implementation and exploitation aiming to support a rapid implementation of a harmonised road data solution and stimulate a widespread use of road data.

objectives
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The EuroRoadS project aims to contribute significantly to the development of the Community by demonstrating how the important public sector road information can be harmonised and accessed on a pan-European level. This will open up information that to a great extent already exists in digital form and make a corner-stone for the production of both commercial and public value added services.

A well-functioning digital road data infrastructure on a pan-European level is a fundamental basis for further development within the areas of intelligent transport systems, mobility management, traffic management, road maintenance, traffic safety, environmental and society planning and many other areas. Europe lacks a standardised, seamless, updated and quality assured, digital road data infrastructure today. The EuroRoadS project will lay the ground for the creation of such an infrastructure as an important part of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure. The contribution will consist of proven mechanisms to make the road data infrastructure available and maintained by maximising the use of public sector data, taking advantage of a partnership between the public and private sector. The establishment of an efficient public private partnership for the provision and updating of such features and attributes for road networks, which are recognised as reference data, will lead to better quality, lower costs, and easier integration of data from different sources. By that it will expand the market for in-car navigation, fleet management and other commercial applications as well as to support road administrations, municipalities and other actors dealing with road maintenance, traffic safety and other official duties.