Location Positioning Fact Sheets and Reports

Fact Sheets:

• March 2009- eCall Fact Sheet
  eCall is an in-vehicle emergency call service that is designed to speed up emergency response, with benefits for both casualties and other road users. This Fact Sheet outlines the service and its potential benefits, summarises the European policy and activities, including research and standards and outlines the UK position. The first version of the Fact Sheet was published in March 2006. It was updated in January 2007 and has been udated again to take account of events during 2007 and 2008.

Reports:

• ITS- European and UK initiatives conference report July 2006 on an Information Day about the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme in July 2006 by Jean Hopkin.
• Conference report - European Roundtable on Intelligent Roads January 2006 by Jonathon Francsics, covering Galileo and transport policy, Galileo research and European Road User Charging.
• Conference report - Nav '05 by Kathryn Smith, covering plans for Galileo deployment and work to develop services based on Galileo.