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Photovoltaics as an Element of Intelligent
Transport System Development
Krystyna Kurowska, Hubert Kryszk and Ewa Kietli
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ń
Abstract Intelligent Transport System (ITS) means advanced applications aiming
at providing innovative services related to different means of transport and traf
c
management as well as providing important information to traf
c participants.
Currently, ITS is applied within the areas of large cities. It is inevitable that the
system should be applied in all locations where it may contribute to road safety
improvement or streamlining the traf
c. Application of photovoltaics as the
renewable energy source for necessary devices (information signs, warning signs,
variable contents signs, monitoring and lighting) is an opportunity for common
application of ITS. Photovoltaics can be used practically in every location and,
rst
of all, locations dif
cult to access to power grid. Based on the example of the
Region of Warmia and Mazury in north-eastern Poland the current use of photo-
voltaics for providing power for road infrastructure was identi
ed. Information
concerning use of photovoltaic panels in marking of the national roads in the region
was obtained from the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways
(GDDKiA), branch in Olsztyn. GIS tools were used for identification of the existing
road signs supplied by photovoltaics. The MapInfo Professional application was
applied for development of the appropriate subject map. According to the opinion
of the authors the need exists for development of the pan-European GIS system
containing information on the existing ITS and indicating key locations in which
such a system should be implemented. Photovoltaics is the element facilitating ITS
implementation in new dif
cult to access locations outside urban areas.
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