Abstract

developments in fully autonomous vehicles move forward, one issue to be considered is the mapping"br" requirements necessary for such vehicles to navigate their way around the road network at any time and between"br" any point of origin and destination. On-board navigation systems already deal with determining the initial route,"br" so that the challenge becomes that of being able to determine the vehicle position at all times, especially in"br" circumstances where GNSS is unavailable. The ATLAS project (supported by Innovate UK) has considered this"br" issue with regards to mapping types, data requirements and technology demands/protocols. Through the"br" development of a cloud-based data service concept, and simulation of the data transmission conditions in"br" different scenarios, ATLAS has demonstrated that achieving fully autonomous navigation will be challenging"br" with current communications technology. However, V2I technologies could help to achieve autonomous"br" navigation in the short term as well as delivering additional operational benefits to road owners.