1. Prof. Dr. Reinhart D. Kühne German Aerospace Center Institute of Transportation Research Satellite borne traffic data detection and traffic management BITS-Seminar, Shanghai, March 4th, 2003

2. Traffic Objects Congestion Turning flow

3. Incident Spreading Traffic Objects:

4. Origin - Destination - Relation Traffic Objects:

5. Problem: Image distortion due to camera pointing instability on satellites with moderate attitude stability Real-time focal plane image motion measurement with an Optical Correlator and posteriori image correction Solution : Enabling Technologies SMART OPTICAL IMAGING M EDIUM -R ESOLUTION M ULTI -S PECTRAL I MAGER attitude instability

6. Enabling Technologies

7. Solved problem: Minimization of data downlink capacity Onboard Thematic Image Data Reduction

8. 0.15 m 2 m 3 m Recognition Result Traffic Density Solved problem:Wide area traffic density estimation with moderate spatial image resolution Subpixel Car Image Recognition

9. Spaceborne Earth Observation – Existing Systems Paris Tokio Boston Pictures by DigitalGlobe

10. Service Center: Satellite control infrastructure Service Management Secure Web-Based Service Portal 1: P/L Configuration uplink Secure Web-Based Service Portal 2: R/T Pre-processed Payload Data Base Content Provider: P/L Configuration uplink planing Web-Based Customer Portal Traffic data base for final user Final User: Web-based access to services via Internet/GSM etc. Enabling Technology WEB-BASED ACCESS PORTALS