Welcome to the homepage of the Conference of European Directors
of Roads Sub Group Road Data and the source of information on its
activities.
This site contains background information about CEDR Sub Group Road
Data and downloadable versions of many published documents. There
is also a Private Area for members of Sub Group Road Data to access
copies of meeting notes and other unpublished documents.
Latest News
Events - A paper entitled “The Importance of
Quality Asset Data in Delivering Real Benefits to Road Transportation”
was presented by Sub Group Road Data Moderator Les Hawker at the
6th International Conference on Managing Pavements in Brisbane,
Australia on 23rd October 2004.
EuroRoadS - CEDR and Sub Group Road Data
have been invited to act as a Reference Group on the recently started
EuroRoadS, an EU-funded project on the harmonisation of road databases,
which aims to open up public sector information for use by private
sector organisations such as mapping agencies.
Best Practice in Data Management Data Management for Road Administrations – A Best
Practice Guide has now been published and distributed
to members of Sub-Group Road Data at no cost. The Best Practice
Guide encourages road administrations to get the best value from
their road data by promoting good practice and providing practical
guidance on effective data management. The final version is freely
available to download from the Roaddata.org website and paper copies
can be requested using the Contact
Us form, indicating numbers required. European Road Data Dictionary The European Road Data Dictionary enables the exchange of
data between road administrations by providing common definitions
for various types of highway data, including common location referencing.
The Data Dictionary is the result of extensive co-operative research
by road administrations, and is being considered by CEN as a possible
European Standard.
TERN Location Referencing
North-South Pilot
A Working Group is currently piloting location referencing system
for the Trans European Road Network on a route from Norway in the
North to Greece in the South. The participating countries will be
referencing their network on the route, and reporting on a number
of Performance Indicators, selected in conjunction with the Performance
Indicators working group.
TERN Performance Indicator Handbook Sub Group TERN and Sub Group Road Data have set up
a joint working group to produce a Manual for National Road Administrations
on the production of performance indicators, containing data definitions
and procedures for collection.
