GALEWATT was a development project for the European Space
Agency, aiming to replace the conventional River Information
System and local DGPS (Differential GPS) stations by collecting
direct Egnos signal from the transponders installed on board
vessels, making the implementation of the Trans-European
RIS easier and cheaper. Demonstration of the availability
of improved EGNOS, or Galileo, satellite navigation (generating
strategic traffic images, improving RIS in relation to the
EGNOS parameters, introducing an anticollision system and
related alert mechanisms) was also included. INOV partners
in this project were Via Donau, Telematica and Kongsberg
Seatex.