LOCATION REFERENCING METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS) USER SERVICES : RECOMMENDED APPROACH

This paper focuses on analyzing location referencing methods most appropriate for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) User Services. The paper begins with a discussion of five location referencing methods and effective strategies for implementing them. The components which are common to the five methods are examined and show how they form, in part, the basis of a set of standards for a Location Referencing System for ITS user services. This system permits multiple location referencing methods and coding schemes to operate within a single framework.