Overview:
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PARAMOUNT (= Public Safety & Commmercial Info-Mobility Applications & Services in the Mountains) is a shared costs project supported by the IST programme (5th Frame Programme, Cross Programme Action 3) at the European Commission.
The project's main objective is the development of a user-friendly info-mobility service prototype for mountain hikers in the Alps and Pyrenees by combining technologies from the fields of Telecommunications (GPRS) and Satellite Navigation (GPS) with Geoinformation.
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System-Overview - Enlarge Image |
A mobile digital TourGuide with wireless online-connection to the PARAMOUNT servers (via General Packet Radio Service GPRS) enables the hiker to use a wide range of services and features within the three components INFO-, SAFE- and DATATOUR.
Service Contents:
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INFOTOUR This service component provides various local information as well as navigation functionalities to the user, e.g. Download and visualization of appropriate maps for the user's surroundings & overlay of the user's position on the map Providing Points of Interest (POI) like e.g. mountain summits, huts, transportation facilities & further attribute information Offering online-routing and guidance assistance to the hiker Server-generated 3D views of the user's surrounding Providing further information like avalanche prediction or weather forecast |
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SAFETOUR In addition to the information described above this service component comprises some safety relevant features: Offering safety-increasing functionality to the hiker like tracking of the user (e.g. in critical terrain), sending an emergency call (incl. position) to the mountain rescue authorities Supporting the SAR (Search-and-Rescue) missions with special featured TourGuide hardware/software and a 'SAR Centre Client' mission control panel |
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DATATOUR This component directly involves willing PARAMOUNT users in the data acquisition and maintaining process: Semi-automatic update/completion of the service database using logged data and information input from dedicated hikers
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Work Plan:
The PARAMOUNT work plan includes the following activities:
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Definition of specific user requirements
- Analysis of the GNSS/GMTS/GIS availability in the region of the Alps and Pyrenees
- Design, development and integration of the server and client architecture
- System- / service test and evaluation
- Preparation of a commercially operable service in dedicated areas
PARAMOUNT milestones are:
- M1 (after 3 months): Results of feasibility analysis comprising availability of GNSS/GMTS signals and appropriate GIS data
- M2 (after 5 months): Definition of Services & System Architecture
- M3 (after 14 months): PARAMOUNT Prototype with software
- M4 (after 21 months): Successful demonstration of Final Prototype / Final Report
PARAMOUNT Kick-Off was on 01/Feb/2002. The project has been successfully finished in November 2003.