{"id":2921,"date":"2021-11-17T02:07:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/how-road-authorities-use-high-quality-map-data-to-make-roads-safer-for-everyone-tomtom-and-irap\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:38:16","slug":"how-road-authorities-use-high-quality-map-data-to-make-roads-safer-for-everyone-tomtom-and-irap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/how-road-authorities-use-high-quality-map-data-to-make-roads-safer-for-everyone-tomtom-and-irap\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoe wegbeheerders kaarten van hoge kwaliteit gebruiken om wegen veiliger te maken voor iedereen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Gereproduceerd van de TomTom blog. Verhaal door Bart Volckaert.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Verkeersongevallen eisen een zware tol van individuen, hun families en landen: dagelijks komen er meer dan 3.000 mensen om het leven en de kosten bedragen gemiddeld 31% van het wereldwijde bbp. Door verbeteringen aan de infrastructuur in kaart te brengen en prioriteiten te stellen, kunnen wegbeheerders het wegennet veiliger maken voor alle weggebruikers. Hieronder leest u hoe de Mobile Mapping (MoMa)-gegevens van TomTom helpen dat proces te stroomlijnen.<\/p>\n<p>Naarmate de wereld zich verder ontwikkelt, worden er meer wegen aangelegd en maken meer mensen er gebruik van. Hoewel dit positief is voor mobiliteit en economische groei, brengt een groter, drukker wegennet ernstige veiligheidsproblemen met zich mee. Volgens de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie sterven er elk jaar ongeveer 1,3 miljoen mensen bij verkeersongevallen. Een nog groter aantal \u2013 tussen de 20 en 50 miljoen mensen \u2013 loopt niet-fatale verwondingen op bij ongevallen op onze wegen. (Meer gedetailleerde cijfers zijn te vinden op Vaccines for Roads.) Om dit probleem aan te pakken, heeft de Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties zich het ambitieuze doel gesteld om het wereldwijde aantal doden en gewonden bij verkeersongevallen tegen 2030 te halveren.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naar de sterren reiken<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Om dit doel te bereiken, hebben de VN-lidstaten ingestemd met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/violence_injury_prevention\/road_traffic\/12GlobalRoadSafetyTargets.pdf\">12 wereldwijde doelen voor verkeersveiligheid<\/a>, waaronder de garantie dat alle nieuwe wegen worden aangelegd volgens een standaard van drie sterren of beter (of technische normen behalen voor alle weggebruikers die rekening houden met de verkeersveiligheid). Een ander voorbeeld, <a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/2018\/04\/targets-3-4-what-they-mean-for-safer-roads-globally\/\">Doelwit 4<\/a>, stelt dat tegen 2030 meer dan 75% van het verkeer plaatsvindt op wegen die voldoen aan technische normen voor alle weggebruikers, waarbij rekening wordt gehouden met de verkeersveiligheid.<\/p>\n<p>De sterrenbeoordelingen, die zijn opgezet door de non-profitorganisatie International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), bieden een objectieve maatstaf voor het veiligheidsniveau dat in de weg is \u201cingebouwd\u201d voor inzittenden van voertuigen, motorrijders, fietsers en voetgangers. Hoe hoger de sterrenbeoordeling \u2013 gemeten op een schaal van \u00e9\u00e9n tot vijf \u2013 hoe veiliger de weg.<\/p>\n<p>De sterrenclassificatie van een weg hangt af van een verscheidenheid aan factoren die verband houden met de aard van de weg. Een weg met vier sterren heeft waarschijnlijk vangrails aan de zijkant van de weg en op de middenberm, en heeft aftakkingen met opritten in de stijl van een autosnelweg. Daarentegen hebben wegen met een lage score vaak gevaarlijke vaste objecten dicht bij de weg, frequente kruispunten en geen bescherming tegen tegemoetkomend verkeer, zoals een middenafscheiding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/how-we-can-help\/\">Volgens iRAP<\/a>, ... neemt het risico op overlijden of ernstig letsel met 50% af bij elke verbetering van de sterrenclassificatie van een weg \u2013 waardoor deze classificatie een waardevol instrument is voor het meten en interpreteren van de verkeersveiligheid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data in beweging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Door de sterbeoordeling van wegen in hun netwerk te bepalen, weten wegbeheerders waar ze concrete stappen kunnen ondernemen om zowel de kwaliteit als de veiligheid van wegen te verbeteren.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomtom.com\/\">TomTom<\/a> biedt hoogwaardige, wereldwijd consistente kaartgegevens en diensten ter ondersteuning van iRAP-modellering, waardoor wegbeheerders de veiligheid van hun wegennet gemakkelijker kunnen beoordelen en verbeteren. Een van de pijlers van de aanpak van TomTom is MoMa, een techniek die wordt gebruikt om geografische informatie uit de praktijk te verzamelen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TomTom2.jpg\" alt=\"TomTom2\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>TomTom MoMa-auto's vierden onlangs hun 20-jarig jubileum. Ze brengen al langer dan wie dan ook de wegen van de wereld in kaart.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>TomTom MoMa-voertuigen zijn uitgerust met de nieuwste 360\u00b0 \u201cLadybug\u201d camera's en \u201cVelodyne\u201d LiDAR. Deze sensoren verzamelen, in combinatie met DGPS (Differential GPS), meer dan 700.000 datapunten met een nauwkeurigheid van twee centimeter. Per gereden kilometer legt een MoMa-voertuig ongeveer 3,8 miljard pixels vast, wat resulteert in beelden van hoge kwaliteit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iRAP-accreditatie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De TomTom MoMa-gegevens zijn nu gekoppeld aan softwaretools die zorgen voor een hoogwaardige codering van iRAP-kenmerken. Deze aanpak is volledig geaccrediteerd door iRAP en zorgt ervoor dat wegkenmerken effici\u00ebnt kunnen worden geregistreerd door coderingsteams die gebruikmaken van TomTom\u2019s MoMa. Dit biedt de mogelijkheid om de miljoenen kilometers aan bestaande TomTom-gegevens te gebruiken voor iRAP-beoordelingen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rijke informatie onthult nieuwe inzichten<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TomTom slaat de door zijn MoMa-voertuigen verzamelde gegevens op in een enorm archief dat miljoenen kilometers aan wegendata bevat. Deze rijke informatiebron wordt via TomTom\u2019s MoMa as a Service aan klanten gelicentieerd.<\/p>\n<p>De MoMa-afbeeldingen en LiDAR-gegevens (3D-puntenwolk) zijn ontworpen voor eenvoudige integratie met hulpprogramma's voor assetbeheer en analyse. Vrijwel elke functie die in een afbeelding of puntenwolk wordt vastgelegd, kan voor analyse worden ge\u00ebxtraheerd, van verkeersborden en straatmeubilair (verlichting, opvangbakken en barri\u00e8res) tot wegmarkeringen en brugtypen.<\/p>\n<p>Door gebruik te maken van beelden van mobiele kartering kan iRAP inzicht krijgen in de kwaliteit van het wegennet en de autoriteiten wijzen op punten waar de infrastructuur verbeterd kan worden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>De kracht van GPS Probe-gegevens ter ondersteuning van VN-doelen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TomTom blijft MoMa as a Service uitbreiden, om klanten nog meer uit onze locatiegegevens te laten halen. Dit omvat een nieuwe aanpak voor gegevensverzameling, waarbij we GPS-gegevens van ons netwerk van meer dan 600 miljoen verbonden apparaten aggregeren en analyseren om de meest bereden wegen wereldwijd te identificeren. Met inzichten in de verkeersstroom kunnen klanten de meest verkeersdichte gebieden van hun netwerk identificeren, evenals potenti\u00eble ongeval-hotspots, en gerichte actie ondernemen om congestie te verminderen en de veiligheid te verbeteren.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Een echte impact maken op de verkeersveiligheid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vandaag de dag kunnen TomTom MoMa-gegevens door organisaties worden gebruikt om verschillende soorten wegeigenschappen te extraheren en kwaliteitsmetingen uit te voeren. Het stelt wegenautoriteiten in staat om de kwaliteit \u2013 en daarmee de veiligheid \u2013 van hun wegen te inspecteren, beheren en verbeteren.<\/p>\n<p>De gegevens van TomTom vormen een nuttige aanvulling op traditionele wegennetonderzoeken en bieden organisaties een snelle en kosteneffectieve manier om iRAP-kenmerken in kaart te brengen en te profiteren van het ge\u00efntegreerde gebruik van LiDAR- en beeldgegevens om de Star Rating van wegen nauwkeurig te bepalen. Met de schat aan kaartgegevens en expertise van TomTom die als dienst beschikbaar is, krijgen klanten direct toegang tot de informatie die ze nodig hebben om de verkeersveiligheid te beoordelen en te verbeteren, zonder dat daar een forse investering vooraf voor nodig is.<\/p>\n<p>TomTom is ook een actieve partner van de <a href=\"https:\/\/imoveaustralia.com\/project\/accelerated-and-intelligent-rap-data-collection\/\">AiRAP-innovaties<\/a>, die manieren onderzoeken om versnelde en intelligente RAP-gegevens voor wegenbeheerders mogelijk te maken met behulp van kunstmatige intelligentie en machine learning.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reproduced from TomTom blog. Story by Bart Volckaert. Road crashes take a huge toll on individuals, their families, and nations, claiming the lives of more than 3,000 people each day and costing 3% of global GDP on average. 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