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This deliverable is a report analyzing how EGNSS (Galileo) and Copernicus data enhance navigation operations on inland waterways for automated vessels. It assesses electronic tools, data services, and selects high-potential scenarios like ECDIS navigation, track guidance, remote shipping, and narrow channel operations, emphasizing precision, integrity, and environmental support. Download it here or click on the title.

This document outlines the user requirements for safe and efficient automated navigation on European inland waterways, where manually piloted, remotely operated, and autonomous vessels will coexist. Developed under the AVIS project and funded by the European Commission, it provides a comprehensive review of existing maritime standards, identifies user needs, and defines technical requirements for GNSS and Earth Observation services. Download it here or click on the title. 

This document analyzes Galileo, EGNOS, and Copernicus capacity to meet automated inland waterway navigation needs up to AL3, mapping EGNSS positioning/integrity/auth services and Copernicus river edge/bathymetry/current detection to D2.1 requirements across scenarios like locks/bridges. It highlights gaps in vertical accuracy, rate-of-turn, boundary resolution, and update speeds, recommending sensor fusion with IMUs/ENCs and dynamic overlays for safe vessel coexistence. Download it here or click on the title. 

This document outlines simple alarm systems using Galileo/EGNOS GNSS data and Copernicus satellite images to keep automated boats safe on Europe's inland rivers. It reviews existing alerts like EGNOS warnings for bad satellite signals (sent in 5 seconds) and receiver checks for position loss or poor accuracy, and proposes new ones: river edge changes, shallow water spots, strange objects (cross-checked with AIS), missing data, floods, or water speed shifts. Combined alerts warn if a boat drifts outside safe channels, crosses dividing lines, or risks collision by sharing planned paths. Funded by the EU Commission to aid pilots and automation up to level 3. Download it here or click on the title. 

This deliverable designs the hardware and software prototype kit for pilot tests on European rivers, showing how EU Space data helps automated boats navigate safely. It includes GNSS antennas and receivers to track position precisely using Galileo/EGNOS signals, plus Copernicus tools that analyze satellite images for river edges, water depth, boats/objects, currents, and flood risks, storing results in a shared map database. On boats, screens display safety overlays and log data for later review (up to basic automation, simulating higher levels); shore stations validate alerts before sending to captains or autopilots. Funded by the EU Commission, pilots record real trips to prove the tech's value. Download it here or click on the title. 

This deliverable sets out how four pilot demonstrations on the Rhine/Moselle, Middle Danube, Lower Danube, and Guadalquivir will be run to showcase the benefits of EU Space data for safer, more automated inland navigation. It describes the stretches of river and test vessels, the types of maneuvers to be performed (like general navigation and bridge passages), and a schedule, then defines clear indicators such as navigation accuracy, reliability of alerts, and how often skippers need to intervene to judge how useful the new tools are in practice. Download it here or click on the title.