Transport
Non-federal automated weather observing for small airports
Aviation-grade stations under the civil-aviation authority’s advisory circular; pricing not researched.
Transport: corridors that report their own conditions: the site at a glance. The loop, step by step: 1. Night cools the highway under clear sky. 2. Sensor, link, edge and console stand ready. 3. Frost forms on the road surface. 4. The road sensor reads a falling surface temperature. 5. Time and place are fixed to every sample. 6. Signed packets hop over the radio link. 7. The relay forwards sealed packets untouched. 8. Signatures are checked before any model runs. 9. The edge model forecasts ice within the hour. 10. The edge releases confirmed results only. 11. The maintenance desk is warned. 12. The console shows the evidence with the alert. 13. The gantry cuts speed and the gritters leave. 14. Sensors check that the response worked. 15. The whole chain is archived for audit. 16. The surface warms and traffic recovers.
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Night cools the highway under clear sky
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TransportCorridors that report their own conditions.
Road-weather and corridor sensing, avalanche and slope detection above the line, port and maritime observation, timing and positioning integrity, and connectivity along routes where coverage ends.
Plan a deploymentUse casesOpen the explainerIn the field
Guided 3D tourCoastal port
Coastal radar and AIS watch the approach, a met-ocean buoy reports the sea state, and crane-side edge compute closes the control loop on a private network.Guided 3D tourOffshore and ocean
A moored met-ocean buoy and a profiling float report through a satellite pass overhead; the red link is the uplink.02Stories
How it works, in place.
Interactive stories with figures drawn to scale and every claim referenced.
All stories Place: Coast and port The port that sees the approachA port observes three things at once: the ships coming in, the sea they come through and the cranes that receive them. Ship identity travels on a radio…Place: Mountains and avalanche terrain Snowpack, slope and signalAvalanche forecasting reasons about the likelihood and size of avalanches on given terrain. The observations behind it come from a few stations in hard…Place: Ocean The ocean below the surfaceMost of the ocean’s heat lies below what satellites can see. Profiling floats drifting at depth and surfacing to report have measured it routinely since the…03Specialized fields
Transport, field by field.
Transport is a set of networks that each carry people and goods under their own rules. A highway with its bridges, a railway through cuttings and viaducts, a container port, an airport, a long tunnel, a city’s metro and buses and an inland waterway with its locks each measure different things for different operators. Each field below has its own stack, radio, power and crew work, from the first order to the running operation.
Specialized fieldRoads and bridges
Road weather and surface state, traffic counts, bridge vibration and scour, and cameras along the corridor, on cellular and fibre to the traffic centre, for safer winters and evidence-based maintenance.The full field →Specialized fieldRailways
Earthworks and structures, track-side weather and flooding, rail temperature and cameras at level crossings, on the railway’s own mobile network and fibre, for fewer speed restrictions and safer lines.The full field →Specialized fieldPorts and terminals
Wind for cranes, water levels and depths, air quality and noise at the boundary, and cameras over the quays, on a private 5G network across the terminal and fibre to the port’s systems.The full field →Specialized fieldAirports
Weather beside the runways, wind shear and visibility support, aircraft noise and air quality in the communities around, on the airport’s fibre and private network, alongside the official aviation weather service.The full field →Specialized fieldRoad and rail tunnels
Air quality and visibility, air flow and ventilation, fire detection, cameras and radio coverage inside the tube, on a radiating cable and fibre with an industrial network kept apart from the internet.The full field →Specialized fieldUrban transit
Passenger counts, station air and climate, escalator and lift condition, traction energy and cameras for metros, trams and buses, on private 5G and fibre, with real-time information riders can use.The full field →Specialized fieldInland waterways and locks
Water levels and depths, flows at weirs, wind and visibility, and cameras at locks and bridges, on LoRaWAN and cellular along the river, feeding the river information services skippers use.The full field →04The problem
What this industry has to measure.
Road weather, small-airport weather, maritime met-ocean and highway coverage.
01Road surface and visibility
02Slope, snow and avalanche
03Port and vessel conditions
04Positioning integrity
05Coverage along routes
05Outcomes and proof
What you get, and how you can check it.
Every system we deliver comes with the evidence a buyer, an auditor or a regulator asks for.
What you can measure
- Road surface and visibility
- Slope, snow and avalanche
- Port and vessel conditions
- Positioning integrity
- Coverage along routes
Proof buyers ask for
- Civil-aviation and transport-authority approvals where they apply
- Transportation specification conformance (NTCIP 1204)
- Maintenance service levels
- Alert lead time
- Coverage maps
- Uptime
06Use cases
Where it is deployed.
Worked use cases and deployment scenarios. Open one for the kit, the data products and the standards.
Use case · medium to high complexityCommunity cellular and sensing
Small cells with an open core, satellite backhaul and solar power, plus a sensing overlay, for a community that owns its network.- Who
- Indigenous organisations and Indigenous-owned service providers, remote communities.
- Data
- Coverage and service maps in the regulator’s format; Speed-test and uptime evidence; Community sensing overlay (weather, water, air)
Wave buoy coastal array
Low-cost moored wave buoys with satellite telemetry, deployed as an array along a coast or port approach.- Who
- Ports, coastal agencies, surf and fishing communities.
- Data
- Wave spectra and sea-state time series; Inputs to coastal forecasts
Avalanche detection site
Doppler radar, infrasound and geophones with a snow and wind station, feeding a road or resort control room.- Who
- Resorts and road authorities.
- Data
- Release confirmation and road-closure inputs
Road weather information network for a transportation department
Pavement and visibility stations with maintenance decision support.The full use case →Maritime and port met-ocean with vessel tracking
Wave buoys and a receiver for vessel position broadcasts.The full use case →07Solution bundles
Start with one unit. Grow to a network.
The same systems at every scale, on the open protocol, so nothing you buy is replaced as you grow.
- 01
Base unit
One station or node, specified for this industry: instruments, power, enclosure and backhaul.
Build a station → - 02
Site
A surveyed, commissioned site with its timing, its links and the evidence file a buyer can audit.
Plan a site → - 03
Fleet
Many sites run as one service: one plan, one update path, one evidence trail, one service level.
Managed offers → - 04
Network
Fleets that federate with partner grids through the open protocol, owner by owner.
The open protocol →
08Solutions
What we deliver.
Each offer is designed, deployed and run on the open protocol by Nexus Observatory Inc.
managed service
Satellite and non-terrestrial backhaul
LEO and GEO backhaul, 3GPP non-terrestrial integration and direct-to-device fallbacks for remote sites.
How we deliver it →managed service, data licence
Structural and ground-movement monitoring
GNSS, InSAR, tilt, strain and fibre sensing on bridges, dams, slopes, tailings and pipelines, with alert thresholds set by the owner.
How we deliver it →managed service, data licence
Ocean and coastal observing
Moored buoys, profiling floats, tide and wave gauges, coastal radar and AIS reception with quality-controlled feeds.
How we deliver it →hardware + software, managed service
Timing and positioning integrity
PTP grandmasters with GNSS holdover, interference detection and timing monitoring for networks and instruments.
How we deliver it →managed service, data licence
Transport and logistics corridor sensing
Road weather, rail condition, port and cold-chain sensing along corridors, with connectivity where coverage ends.
How we deliver it →09Service platforms
The platforms behind it.
The service platforms that build the systems this industry runs on.
Service platformSensors & instruments
Measurements that carry their own proof.Service platformConnectivity
Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.Service platformEdge compute & AI
Inference beside the instrument.Service platformData & licensing
Grid data, licensed for your use.Service platformSpace and satellite systems
From orbit to the ground, on one protocol.Service platformPositioning, navigation and timing
Where and when, with the error bound.Service platformEarth observation & GeoAI
The ground, measured and modelled.10Standards and compliance
Drawn against the standards your auditors use.
Standards the systems are drawn against
- 3GPP LTE/NR
- ISED Access Licensing Framework (SAB-002-26)
- Local data-governance principles (OCAP) where applicable
- IOOS and IMOS quality-control procedures
- Cantonal and provincial avalanche-safety codes
- NTCIP 1204 (environmental sensor stations)
- NTCIP 1204
Regulation and authority
- Spectrum and sitingLicences, permits and siting are part of the plan, country by country. Country notes →
- Privacy and dataYour data stays yours, under the licence you choose. Privacy notice →
- SecurityHardware-rooted identity and signed updates on every device. Security →
11Questions buyers ask
Before you scope it.
Who sells, and who owns the data?
Nexus Observatory Inc. is the seller of record. The data your systems collect stays yours, under the licence you choose.
Do we have to buy hardware?
No. We deliver as a managed service, a data licence or a system you own.
Can we start small?
Yes. Start with one station or one site, then grow to a fleet and a network on the same open protocol, without replacing what you bought.
Which standards do the systems meet?
Each system is drawn against the open protocol and the standards it is composed from, listed on this page.
What happens after go-live?
We run the systems to a written service level, with monitoring, repair and an evidence trail, or train your team to run them.
Ready when you are.
Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it.
Plan a deploymentStation BuilderTalk to sales12Open and community
Open by default. Built with the people who use it.
Open data, open methods and the open protocol, with the people who use them.
Open projects this community builds on
- Open Weather Station
- AISHub
- WeeWX
Take part
13Infrastructure and industry
Neighbouring industries.
IndustryEnergy
The grid edge, observed.IndustryTelecom
Towers that compute, sense and connect.IndustryInfrastructure
Assets that report their own condition.IndustryMining
The mine, measured from pit to tailings.IndustryIndustry
Plants and ports, sensed and connected.Bring us the site.
Survey, design, deployment and operation for transport. The form names who receives your details.
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