Open House at TraffiCon and rsaISPACE

At Mai 5th 2011 people could visit the Research Studios Austria iSPACE and the company TraffiCon.

The event was a great success. Many partners and customers aswell as representatives of regional and local authorities used the opportunity to take a closer look at the research activities in the different fields of planning, energy, infrasafety and mobility.

Impressions from this years Open House at TraffiCon and rsaISPACE.

Initiative Satellite Navigation Berchtesgaden presents at the fair Civil Protect 2011, trade fair for cases of emergency, civil and fire protetction

Bolzano, April 1st-3rd 2011

Civil Protect is the international trade fair for emergency, civil and fire protection in the Alpine region. Emergency and medical aid organisations, volunteers of civil defence, fire brigades, responsible participants and technicians of public bodies and institutions can have a look at innovations.
The partner DIALOGIA, ProTime, mobiletec and Fraunhofer IML present new products and current research and development projects under the umbrella of Initiative Satellite Navigation Berchtesgaden. A Galileo based system for searching victims buried by an avalanche and other location and communication solutions for the management of rescue teams, devices and vehicles were presented to the audience of specialists.

Launch of GATE in Berchtesgaden

On the 4th of February, the GATE testbed that had expanded to eight transmitters, was officially opened in Berchtesgaden by Dr. Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, in the presence of more than 100 invited guests.

During the opening ceremony in the congress centre Berchtesgaden the minister, together with the chairman of the DLR Executive Board Prof. Johann-Dietrich Wörner as well as District Minister Georg Grabner and the head of GATE-project of IFEN GmbH Dr. Günter Heinrichs, gave the starting signal for the official operation of GATE, (see photos).

"Germany has recognised the various possibilities using satellite navigation. In future, any company wanting to compete at the highest level has to start the development of innovative products and applications today. Galileo Test and Development Environment in Berchtesgaden provides the best conditions for that" Ramsauer emphasised during his opening speech. Further complimentary words were spoken by high-level representatives of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the European Commission and the European Space Agency ESA.

GATE provides an unique testbed for industry and research based users where reception equipment and applications for the new European satellite navigation system can be tested in real conditions even in advance to the availability of Galileo satellites.

(photos: Kilian Pfeiffer)

Intelligent Hazardous Goods Board Convinces International Audience of Specialists at The Transport Logistic 2011

May 20 2011 - In the course of the world's leading trade fair for transport, logistics and telematics in Munich, the network project SafeNav of Initiative Satellite Navigation Berchtesgaden was represented at the joint exhibition booth of Bayern Innovativ (Innovative Bavaria).

More than 51.000 visitors from more than 130 countries were present at the Transport Logistic 2011. The top ten visiting nations aside from Germany were - in the following order - Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, Poland, Great Britain and Hungary. A total of 1.893 companies from 59 countries were represented in eight halls and the open area of the new Munich Fair. In comparison ith 2009, this is an increase of 130 companies that were present at the fair.

At the fair, numerous visitors could gather information about the project SafeNav which is co-financed by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. Task of the project is the development of a modular core system that is intended to be used as a standard building block system for security and transport services. Different technologies increase the accuracy of location and the reliability of satellite based applications. This enables the realisation of a modular building block system out of components of location, communication, sensor, storage and server technology. The application scenario "Hazardous Material Monitoring" (ORANGEbox) enables an area-wide monitoring and locating of hazardous materials transports also on difficult line sections. Ultimate targets are a free EU-wide alarm system as well as the transmission of transport data to the respective control centre. Within the area of emergency support (BLUEbox) the targets are to support the work of the task forces and creating operation plans faster and more efficiently by means of a higher density of information. Beyond the two application scenarios, the developed core system should be standardised and certificated and be used as a base for services in other areas of application.

The comparison with other products at the fair demonstrates that the project SafeNav and the products ORANGEbox and BLUEbox are unique in the world to date in their range of functions and application areas. The modular system structure and thus the individual configuration possibilities by the client were especially well received.

"I liked the fair very much. Contacting users and potential clients has been very positive within the course of the trade fair", said Gerd Waizmann, ProTime GmbH.

The forum "Telematikanwendungen bei der Beförderung gefährlicher Güter" ("Telematic Applications for the Hazardous Materials Transport"), organised by the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, was also well attended. Dipl.Ing. (FH) Wolfgang Inninger, head of the project centre Prien of Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics could present the project SafeNav to an interested audience of specialists.

"The solution for navigation and the product development of the intelligent hazardous goods board could be discussed in depth with potential clients", Wolfgang Inninger at Fraunhofer IML summarised of the event.

An interview with Gerd Waizmann can bei found here