The Galileo Programme is a joint initiative of the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide Europe with its own independent global civilian controlled satellite navigation system.
The Galileo system will allow users to pinpoint their location at any time to a high degree of accuracy, and will ensure Europe’s competitiveness in a global market in satellite navigation products and services.
When fully deployed, Galileo will consist of a constellation of 30 satellites in 3 orbits offering unprecedented accuracy and reliability of positioning. This allows for a range of many applications, products and services to be developed for use in transport, telecommunications, fisheries and agriculture, civil protection, building, construction etc. Galileo was due to go live in 2008 but this has been delayed until 2012.
This page also provides information about other key developments in positioning information relevant to ITS, such as other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Global Positioning System and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Please find below links to newsletters and factsheets about Galileo:
Conference report - Nav '05 by Kathryn Smith, covering plans for Galileo deployment and work to develop services based on Galileo.
Factsheet:
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.
