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Marine Park Enhanced applications baseD on Use of integrated GNSS SErvices

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€519 207
EU Contribution
€368 775
Project Acronym
MEDUSE
STRIA Roadmaps
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Transport mode
Waterborne icon
Transport policies
Environmental/Emissions aspects,
Safety/Security
Transport sectors
Passenger transport

Overview

Call for proposal
FP7-GALILEO-2011-GSA-1-b
Link to CORDIS
Objectives

Marine parks are areas which deserve an extremely accurate care of the ecosystem and as such are usually subject to severe restrictions applied to their end users, first of all leisure boats and local operators.

Those restrictions are often different in different areas depending onto the level of threat that anthropogenic activities may exercise on local environment. As an example, in some areas boat transit may be fully prohibited, in others fishing and anchorage, in others night anchorage, etc.

In order to limit and control the access to restricted areas, very often parks management organisations force users to request for a permit (e.g. daily or weekly, free of charge or not) without which the boats are not allowed to enter the marine park. In compliance with the different ways for accessing the park, also permits are different (e.g. transit and anchorage, shore fishing, sea fishing, scuba diving…).

The main objectives of the Meduse Project can be summarised as follows:

a) To develop a prototype service infrastructure for the delivery of location based services within restricted access maritime areas (parks, reserves) to the following customer categories:

i. Institutional – Marine parks and restricted marine areas management institutions;

ii. Private - Marine parks and restricted marine areas users (leisure boats);

iii. Commercial – Commercial operators acting within restricted areas (e.g. cruise boats);

iv. Law Enforcement – Maritime police authorities (Coast Guard).

b) To demonstrate a subset of services and applications (with limited functionality) that shall be enabled by the service infrastructure for all the above listed customer categories;

c) To analyse commercial sustainability of the service infrastructure in order to identify and characterise the critical mass of applications and services that shall bring sustainability and define associated service models towards the different customer categories.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
The European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
FP7-TRANSPORT

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Nextant Applications & Innovative Solution Srl
Address
Via Albenga 33, 183 Roma, Italy
EU Contribution
€139 240
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Blue Thread Srl
Address
VIA CASTROREGIO 19, 00178 ROMA, Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€55 280
Organisation
Ente Parco Nazionale Dell'arcipelago De La Maddalena
Address
VIA GIULIO CESARE 7, 07024 LA MADDALENA, Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€42 240
Organisation
Vitrociset Belgium S.p.r.l.
Address
Rue Devant Les Hetres 2, BN/A6890 Transinne, Belgium
EU Contribution
€104 175
Organisation
Anesti Limited
Address
FIRST AVENUE ROBIN HOOD AIRPORT, DONCASTER
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€27 840

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