Satellite and Terrestrial Radionavigation Systems on European Inland Waterways

The usefulness for all sea users of Satellite Navigation Systems (SNS), Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) is well known. The possibility, actual and future, of the utilization of all these systems on European inland waterways, GPS augmented by IALA DGPS reference stations, GPS augmented by European SBAS – EGNOS from direct Signal–in–Space (SIS) and GPS augmented by EGNOS from re–transmission over AIS, is presented in this paper. The operational systems, such as the German network IALA DGPS and DoRIS, and planned system such as GALEWAT, MARGAL, MUTIS and MARUSE are described also.