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Visual Parameters Workshop Minutes
19/20 November 2009, ASFINAG/Vienna
Contents
VMS Information Structure, classifying information and the need of further research…………………………………… 2
Legibility criteria, the smallest graphical detail and what it means for typeface and pictogram design………………… 3
Harmonizing graphical information on in-vehicle displays and VMS........................................................................... 3
Visual acuity of the healthy eye............................................................................................................................. 4
Alerting drivers: The flashing triangle on top of warning signs and reflective alternatives........................................... 6
The use of colours on VMS: advantages and disadvantages.................................................................................... 6
Technical feasibility / Current state of the art in VMS.............................................................................................. 6
The VMS Unit – on the need to adapt the 1968 Vienna Convention to present and coming times ...............................6
List of suggested further research........................................................................................................................ 7
Attendance
Day 1: Thursday, 19 November 2009, ASFINAG, 1010 Wien, Rotenturmstrasse 5-9
Stefan Egger
IIID, Austria
Lucie Jagu
High-Performance Vienna / IIIDspace, Austria
Eric Kenis
European Commission, Directorate General for Energy and Transport, Belgium
Theo Kamalski
TomTom International BV, The Netherlands
Antonio Lucas
University of Valencia, Spain
Hans Remeijn
Rijkswaterstaat-DVS, The Netherlands
Peter Simlinger
IIID, Austria
Michel Smuc
Danube University Krems, Austria
Gunilla Thyni
Swedish Road Administration, Sweden
Ulrich Zorin
DARS, Slovenia
Day 2: Friday 20. November 2009, ASFINAG, 1230 Wien, Klingerstrasse 10
Alberto Arbaiza
DGT, Spain