Abalta develops breakthrough GPS system testing technology

02 Jun 2009

Abalta Technologies' recently developed LighthouseTM, a breakthrough system testing technology that reduces the cost, complexity and time it takes to field test a navigation system, provides a quantum leap in test optimisation, enabling increased geographical coverage of functional testing for critical test cases.

Enabling substantial laboratory testing of the most complex, demanding, and resource-intensive testing tasks faced by makers of navigation systems - vehicle positioning, guidance and the usage of real-time traffic information, LighthouseTM also facilitates laboratory testing of other functions such as map display and route calculation.

The system's ability to conduct extensive real-world testing of navigation systems, with greater breadth and depth of conditions and locations, in the test laboratory environment rather than on the road, improves the effectiveness and efficiency of initial testing, and enables a rapid retest capability when a problem has been found and fixed. For instance, testers can check the revised handling of the Arc de Triomphe roundabout without having to actually go to Paris.

Michael O'Shea, CEO & founder of Abalta Technologies, points out that manufacturers of embedded, mobile and wireless handset navigation devices face ever-increasing demands to add features and improve performance, but at the same time they continue to experience relentless price pressure.

The LighthouseTM testing service enables organisations to cost effectively improve product quality and bring products to market faster with increased return on investment.