What is ISO/TR 19169 about?
ISO/TR 19169 maps and describes the differences between GDF (ISO 20524 series), from ISO/TC 204, and conceptual models from the ISO 19100 family, from ISO/TC 211, and suggests ways to harmonize and resolve conflicting issues in GDF and ISO/TC 211.
Who is ISO/TR 19169 for?
ISO/TR 19169 on gap-analysis: mapping and describing the differences between the current GDF and ISO/TC 211 conceptual models to suggest ways harmonize and resolve conflicting issues in GDF and ISO/TC 211 is useful for:
- Geospatial industry
- Navigational systems
- Road authorities
- Vehicle manufacturers
- Legislative bodies for framing legislation related to spatial information
Why should you use ISO/TR 19169?
With the emergence of increasingly connected and automated road vehicles, there is a need to share geospatial information between the vehicle’s navigational and contextual awareness systems and the mapping and road authorities (the road-side actors).
GDF continues to be developed to adapt to the requirements of road vehicle automation, as well as wider domains of application, such as public transport, geospatial and navigation data. A lack of alignment between GDF key concepts and those of ISO/TC211 standards reduces the collective efficacy of the combined standards, increases the complexity of utilizing standards-conformant data in an efficient manner and increases the risk and threats arising from ineffective conversions. ISO/TR 19169 aims to identify the gaps between the two concepts and suggest ways to harmonize and resolve conflicting issues in GDF and ISO/TC 211.
Within ISO/TR 19169, comparative analysis and recommendations are provided. At a broad level, the analysis and recommendations suggest modifications to GDF to make an ISO 19100 family-based application schema in order to:
- Make GDF ready to accommodate automated vehicles with support from ISO/TC 211
- Enable map data exchange between all actors (carmakers, map makers, mapping authorities, and road owners)
- Align with ISO/TC 211-based standards and related technology used by European institutions directives, CEN and in European-wide platforms like TN-ITS and DATEX II, and international stakeholder groups such as TISA
