The Hokkaido Development Bureau is currently promoting ITS technology R&D intended for Hokkaido's cold and snowy climates called "ITS/Win Research Program". In this program, Internet Technology-based Road Information Systems by public/private joint research projects based on open application are being developed. In this paper, the development of XML Technology-based Road Web Markup Language (RWML) and the field experiment of prototype Drive Advice Server (DAS) which uses RWML and can provide personalized information of road weather and surface condition, and also local event information at road stations on the route to destination based on the user's request via Internet, are reported. (A*)
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