Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00655, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Georgiou, Konstantinos (Costis) (Ryerson University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Ecopia is an international supplier of high definition (HD) mapping products, which result, among others, from_x000D_
traversing actual road networks by self-operated vehicles. Currently, Ecopia's street view vehicle operator uses_x000D_
a self regulated method to collect imagery data in the city of Toronto. This approach utilizes no optimization_x000D_
methods with respect to traffic or routing conditions. Instead, the vehicle operator chooses a "target zone" that_x000D_
they intend to cover in one work-shift and attempt to finish that using only intuition on how to drive it. Ecopia_x000D_
is looking to expand the imagery collection program across Canada and will require efficient methodologies_x000D_
(algorithms) to traverse road networks so as to optimize the time required for data collection in new cities., program purpose french : Ecopia is an international supplier of high definition (HD) mapping products, which result, among others, from_x000D_
traversing actual road networks by self-operated vehicles. Currently, Ecopia's street view vehicle operator uses_x000D_
a self regulated method to collect imagery data in the city of Toronto. This approach utilizes no optimization_x000D_
methods with respect to traffic or routing conditions. Instead, the vehicle operator chooses a "target zone" that_x000D_
they intend to cover in one work-shift and attempt to finish that using only intuition on how to drive it. Ecopia_x000D_
is looking to expand the imagery collection program across Canada and will require efficient methodologies_x000D_
(algorithms) to traverse road networks so as to optimize the time required for data collection in new cities., agreement title english : Street View Collection Coverage Optimization, agreement title french : Street View Collection Coverage Optimization, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada