OpenDRIVE (specification)

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ASAM OpenDRIVE is an open format specification to describe a road network's logic. Its objective is to standardize the logical road description between different driving simulators.

The initial release of ASAM OpenDRIVE was version 0.7 in 2005, as of November 2023 the current release is version 1.8.0.{{Citation | title = ASAM OpenDRIVE® | url=https://www.asam.net/standards/detail/opendrive/ | accessdate = 11 November 2021 }}

Overview

OpenDRIVE files describe road networks with respect to the data belonging to the road environment. They do not describe the entities acting on or interacting with the road. The OpenDRIVE data is made available to e.g. Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Simulation via a layer of routines for the evaluation of the information contained in the OpenDRIVE file.

The OpenDRIVE standard is reviewed and released by a team of driving simulation experts. With the publication in 2006 members of BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH, Daimler AG, DLR e.V., Fraunhofer-Institut IVI, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG, Rheinmetal Defence Electronics GmbH and VIRES Simulationstechnologie GmbH joined the initiative.

OpenCRG, the microscopic brother, is available taking care of the provision and evaluation of road surface descriptions. An implementation of OpenCRG into the OpenDRIVE file format specification has already been established in January 2008.{{Cite news | last = Dupuis | first = Marius | title = OpenDRIVE Format Specification | location = OpenDRIVE | publisher = VIRES GmbH | year = 2008 | url = http://www.opendrive.org/download.htm | accessdate = 4 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202173707/http://www.opendrive.org:80/download.htm | archive-date = 2 December 2008}}

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History

Founders

OpenDRIVE was started in 2005 by Daimler Driving Simulator, Stuttgart and VIRES Simulationstechnologie GmbH. With the publication of the initiative in 2006, other companies joined OpenDRIVE.

Core Team

The OpenDRIVE standard is reviewed and released by a core team of driving simulation experts. The team members as of January 2010 are (alphabetical order by company):

Further Development at ASAM e.V.

In September 2018, OpenDRIVE was transferred to ASAM e.V. (Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems) where it is being further developed under the name of ASAM OpenDRIVE®. With this step, the core team ensured a reliable, independent and long-term development and maintenance of the standard in a professional setting. ASAM is also the organization behind a wide range of other global standards in automotive, among them ASAM OpenCRG®, ASAM OpenSCENARIO®, ASAM OSI® and ASAM OpenLABEL®, which are aiming to advance the validation of autonomous driving functions through simulation.

Features

The OpenDRIVE file format provides the following features:

  • XML format, hierarchical structure
  • analytical definition of road geometry (plane elements, elevation, crossfall, lane width etc.)
  • various types of lanes
  • junctions incl. priorities
  • logical inter-connection of lanes
  • signs and signals incl. dependencies
  • signal controllers (e.g. for junctions)
  • road surface properties
  • road and road-side objects
  • user-definable data beads etc.

Tools

Evaluation of the logics data can be simplified by using a library, which serves as the standard interface between the OpenDRIVE data contained in the XML files and the evaluation of the road data within the application. Tools for OpenDRIVE are available via the website of VIRES Simulationstechnologie GmbH or linked sites of partners include:

Real-Time Road Evaluation Library

  • e.g. OpenDRIVE Real-Time Library{{Cite web | title = OpenDRIVE Real-Time Library | url = http://www.vires.com/Products_OpenDRIVE_rtlib.htm | accessdate = 4 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090811112230/http://www.vires.com/Products_OpenDRIVE_rtlib.htm | archive-date = 11 August 2009 | url-status = dead

Road Designer

  • e.g. Road Designer ROD{{Cite web | title = Road Designer ROD | url = http://www.vires.com/Products_Ted.htm | accessdate = 4 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100106114821/http://vires.com/Products_Ted.htm | archive-date = 6 January 2010 | url-status = dead

Traffic and Scenario Simulation

  • OpenDRIVE Traffic and Scenario Simulation{{Cite web | title = Traffic and Scenario Simulation | url = http://www.vires.com/Products_Traffic.htm | accessdate = 4 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100107161049/http://www.vires.com/Products_Traffic.htm | archive-date = 7 January 2010 | url-status = dead
  • DYNA4{{Citation | last = Dr. Kaths | first = Jakob | title = Standards for Virtual Test Drives | url = https://cdn.vector.com/cms/content/know-how/_technical-articles/Standards_for_Virtual_Test_Drives_Hanser_Automotive_202008.pdf | accessdate = 21 April 2023 | publisher = Vector Informatik GmbH | year = 2020

Further tools from different vendors can be found in the product directory of ASAM e.V. Also, Awesome OpenX contains a list of open-source frameworks as well as openly available datasets.

Version history

::data[format=table] | Project name | Format specification | Schema file | Release date | OpenDRIVE | |---|---|---|---|---| | V 0.7 | V 0.7 | 2005 | | | | V 1.1 Rev. D | V 1.1 | 2007-04-11 | | | | V 1.2 Rev. A | V 1.2 | 2008-01-06 | | | | V 1.3 Rev. C | V 1.3 | 2010-08-07 | | | | V 1.4 Rev. H | V 1.4 | 2015-11-04 | | | | V 1.5 Rev. M | V 1.5 | 2019-02-17 | | | | V 1.6 | V 1.6 | 2020-03-12 | | | | V 1.7 | V 1.7 | 2021-08-03 | | | | V 1.8 | V 1.8 | 2023-11-22 | | | ::

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