Abbreviations

Results for area 4.4 Information

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additional information
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a combination of several elements to allow making full use of media links, back channels and to facilitate the description of less common occurrences and allow the listing of emergency numbers; for the full use it needs Function Types as they are defined in TPEG table pti30

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additional location descriptions
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all information needed to filter, select and process a location in only text-based systems

NOTE Information referenced through hierarchically structured text.

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traffic data
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data for qualification of Traffic Events; this includes: values: speed, traffic flow, traffic density; places: position, place designation; facts: description of situation

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traffic situation
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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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traffic event
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an occurrence on a road or in an area that is worthy of reporting, such as a traffic jam, wrong-way driver, or fog

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functional road class
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a classification based on the importance of the road element in the connectivity of the total road network

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functional road class 0
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motorways

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functional road class 1
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all non-Motorways that are part of a connection used for nation wide traffic and transport

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traffic information report (TINFO)
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technical representation of a Traffic Event produced by processing traffic data; each Traffic Reports uniquely identified by a number, the TINFO ID, a time stamp, the TINFO version

NOTE If the traffic Event changes, the time stamp changes, but the TINFO ID number does not.

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location information
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mapping information
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is the information transmitted by the beacon which describes the network in the beacon region and allows the vehicle to track its position as it moves in the network

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cross reference information
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CRI pointer to one or more messages in the same, or another TPEG service

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guidance information
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a guidance information is a chain of "links" a vehicle has to follow from its actual position to the next beacon or directly to its destination zone, if nearer than neighbouring beacons; both the sequence of those links and their exact geometrical representation are described here, together with attributes, to be displayed to the driver

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homing
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simple form of guidance to destination, in which the direction and straight-line distance of the destination are indicated

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location
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indicates the area, road segment or point location where the source of the problem is situated

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position
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position defines where an event has taken place in relation to the road: e.g. driving lane 1, hard shoulder, central reservation, etc.

NOTE The driving lanes are numbered according to the usual local practice, i.e. driving Lane 1 is the lane nearest to the hard shoulder. In countries which drive on the left, driving lanes are hence numbered from left-to-right, and in countries driving on the right, from right-to-left.

NOTE Position is an event element and NOT a location reference element.

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bypass description
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network description
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route description
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guide to the service tables (GST)
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guide that carries the basic service information

EXAMPLE Service structure, service timing and content description, etc.

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Introduction, numbering and versions (INV)