Sound idea wins EGNOS prize at ESNC 2012

An idea to help vision impaired people navigate using sound cues and augmented satellite navigation signals won the GSA Special Topic Prize at the ninth European Satellite Navigation Competition that took place in Munich on 25 October 2012. The technology could also help the emergency services cope with low visibility environments.

The winning idea was 3SOUND: a personal navigation solution based on the integration of acoustic binaural technologies (3D sounds) and GNSS technologies that can guide people along a predefined track.