The proposed ITS system is built upon the gathering of driving tracks data, obtained by widespread smartphone technologies, and the successive elaboration and sharing of the relevant information among users of the system. Data are voluntary collected by users and transferred to the central elaboration unit of the system; the central unit elaborates information and creates a structured geolocalized database that can be interrogated by users. The information acquired from the database can be useful for the single user for personal use or for a shared use of data. Users on the platform are encouraged to share and cooperate.
ESD system originates from the combined application of mobile phone module and a central computational unit. ESD mobile application module collects and disseminate information in real time. The mobile phone application can collect satellite established positions of vehicles along a path and transfer this information to the central system. The central unit can elaborate information and give it back in a structured form in many different ways: by web interface and mobile phone applications and also according to the geographical position of the receiver. ESD system
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combines the “smartness” and computing capabilities of new mobile devices applications with a centralized Web- GIS Elaboration Unit.