Kiwi-W consortium establishment briefing

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Kiwi-W consortium
establishment briefing

• Kiwi-W consortium establishment preparation
  committee
• Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
• Increment P Ltd.
• Xanavi Informatics Corporation
• Zenrin Co., Ltd.
• DENSO CORPORATION.
• Honda Motor co., Ltd.
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Toyota Mapmaster Inc.

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Prehistory of Kiwi format (1)

• Feb 1992 ISO/TC204/WG3 started
• May 1995 SWG3.2 meeting (Sydney conference) had
  been held.
• The discussion about the standardization of disk
  format had been started.
• This association was named Kiwi
• Sep 1996 Kiwi committee started
• 17 companies related to car navigation
  systems participated.
• The study of the Kiwi format had been
  started.
• Jan 1997 Kiwi Ver1.0 had been completed

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Prehistory of Kiwi format (2)

• Dec 1997 Kiwi Ver1.1 had been completed
• Ver.1 .1 to ISO had been submitted, and presented
  in ISO Kobe conference
• Jun 1998 Kiwi Ver1.1 had been Published and
  disclosed
• Test CDs were made and evaluated
• Mar 1999 Kiwi Ver1.21 had been completed
• May 2000 Kiwi Ver1.22 had been completed
• Items had been added in correspondance with the
  requirement of EU/US

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Conventional map database structure

• Database structure which depends on the
  requirement of the Application Program

The real world
Map display Data
Positional reference Data
Route planning Data
Refer to data. (1) Application(1) (map display)
Refer to data. (2) Application(2) (positional
calculation)
Refer to data. (n) Application(n) (recommended
route planning)
System control program
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Data base structure of Kiwi format

• The real world is described by information
  related to the shape of the object, the
  attribute, and the connection (phase) etc.

The real world
Standard data format for data exchange
Relation of connection
Shape data
Attribute data
Common data reference program
Application(1)
Application(2)
Application(n)
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Feature of Kiwi data format

• Description of the real world
• It describes three dimensional information
• It has capability of dealing with the time base
  data
• Compression of data size
• It describes road data by multi link expression
• Faster data reference
• It divides the space by rectangle and by
  arbitrary sized area.
• It has layered structure

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Feature of Kiwi format

• Retention of extendibility
• It gives the extendibility to basic data.
• It manages information by the number and the data
  size of the element.
• Controlls expantion area with the bit flags.
• Extention of applied field
• It has four-dimensional data structure of general
  Geographical Information System

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Basic function realized with Kiwi format

• Map display
• Location
• Route planning
• Route guidance
• Index Search
• Address search
• POI search

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Kiwi-W consortium

• Aims at the achievement of the inter-operability
  of the map disks with the use of Kiwi-W format.
• Defines necessary regulations, and discloses
  official information.
• Supports practical use.
• Accelerates the spread of Navigation systems in
  each country by defining the standard for the
  world.
• Nonprofit organization

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Activity

• We issue and disclose the format specifications
  and the operation regulations to use the Kiwi-W
  disk.
• We certificate and the manage the produced Kiwi-W
  disk.
• We disclose official information on Web site.
• We work with related organization including the
  ISO/TC204/WG3/SWG3.2
• We propagate Kiwi-W format over related
  enterprises.

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Document

• Format specifications
• Basic chapter
• Expanded chapter
• Operation rules of the format

The part submitted to ISO is disclosed free of
cost
Kiwi format specifications
Kiwi-W format specifications
For limited members
Operation guideline
For limited members
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Kiwi format specifications

• Basic chapter
• Submitted to ISO (Ver1.22 / current)
• Contents
• Chapter 1 Sentence rule
• Chapter 2 Data composition in media
• Chapter 33 Image data frame
• Chapter 34 Voice data frame
• Disclosed free of cost.

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Kiwi-W format specifications

• Expanded chapter
• Defines expanded function which is not defined in
  basic chapter
• Defines format of each function on Index search
• Contents
• Chapter 51 The actually Index searth
• Chapter 60 Reference
• Disclosed only to the members.

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Operation guideline

• Secures the inter-operability of data.
• Defines the storage method and the restrictions
  of each segment of data.
• Preset value and explanation (In Japan and
  foreign countries)
• Preset value (min max)
• Regulations

Operation guideline
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Certification

• Each management company confirms the
  inter-operability of proposed disk.
• Each management company brings forward the disk
  to secretariat with confirmation result.
• The secretariat gives and manages certification
  number to the applicant.
• The information of the certification will be
  disclosed on the Web site.

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Member regulations and fee

• Qualification for members
• Corporation or any division in corporation
• An individual honored member can join if there is
  approval of the management company
• Segment of members
• Management companies
• General member
• Start of recruiting new members
• April, 2001
• Annual membership fee
• Management company ?\1,000,000 or 10,000
• General member ?\500,000 or 5,000

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Organization

• Board member
• Chairman
• Represents and generalizes Kiwi-W consortium
• Manager
• Manages Kiwi-W consortium
• Examines and produces the specifications
• Plans and executes the commission
• Inspector
• Secretariat
• Discloses the information
• Certificates and manages the disk

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The schedule of 2001 activity

• April
• Recruit new members.
• Hold the organization meeting
• May
• Hold the briefing in South Korea
• August
• Hold the briefing in Europe
• October
• Publicity work in ITS World Conference

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Establishment originator

• Establishment preparation committee
• Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
• Increment P Ltd.
• Xanavi Informatics Corporation
• Zenrin Co., Ltd.
• DENSO CORPORATION.
• Honda Motor co., Ltd.
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Toyota Mapmaster Inc.

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Web site

• Kiwi-W consortium Web site
• URL
• http//kiwi-w.mapmaster.co.jp
• Inquiries
• Toyota mapmaster Inc..
• 7F Sumitomo-Seimei building, 2-14-19,
  Meieki-minami, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan
• Zip code 450-0003
• PREPAIRED Hamada and Fukumizu
• Mailkiwi-w_at_mapmaster.co.jp