Location Referencing

Location referencing is the task of ensuring compatible referencing of locations when information is exchanged between different applications or systems with different geographic databases. A series of standards defines two different methods for location referencing. The first method, “Pre-coded Location Referencing”, assumes common pre-coded tables, such as the European Traffic Message Channel (TMC). The second method, “Dynamic Location References”, varies in real-time and has evolved from the European FP5 “AGORA-C” proposal.

Recent Articles

• Oct 2009 - New open-source dynamic location referencing method published by TomTom is "of great interest to the industry"
• Sep 2009 - Dynamic Location Referencing ‘AGORA-C' licenses now available to the public upon request
• Jul 2009 - Dynamic location referencing method AGORA-C tested in action in Japan
• Mar 2009 - Location Referencing Standards published
• Nov 2008 - Location Referencing Standard registered at approval stage

Links

• International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) - http://www.iso.org/