Abstract: A service vehicle with service equipment for performing a predetermined service operation in an operating area, the vehicle comprising positioning means to determine position information for navigating the service vehicle and/or the service equipment; monitoring means to acquire position-dependent operational data of the performing of the service operation in dependence on the position information; and reporting means to communicate the position-dependent operational data to a remote management server. The service vehicle is operable in a first mode, in which the positioning means provides the position information to the monitoring means which acquires the position-dependent operational data using the position information; the reporting means communicates the operational data to the remote management server; and the navigating is performed substantially independently of the position information.

Abstract: A service vehicle with service equipment for performing a predetermined service operation in an operating area, the vehicle comprising positioning means to determine position information for navigating the service vehicle and/or the service equipment; monitoring means to acquire position-dependent operational data of the performing of the service operation in dependence on the position information; and reporting means to communicate the position-dependent operational data to a remote management server. The service vehicle is operable in a first mode, in which the positioning means provides the position information to the monitoring means which acquires the position-dependent operational data using the position information; the reporting means communicates the operational data to the remote management server; and the navigating is performed substantially independently of the position information.

Abstract: An odometer system for a vehicle or mobile apparatus 1 are described. The odometer comprises a distance-determining device 2 configured to transmit a beam of radiation, such as a laser beam 13 and to determine, from reflected radiation of the beam 13 off a target surface 11 remote from the distance-determining device, a measurement value of the instantaneous separation distance Dm between a mobile measurement reference point 6, 11 of the vehicle 1 and a stationary measurement reference point 3 remote from the vehicle 1. The distance-determining device 2 is configured to be located at the stationary measurement reference point 3 and to direct the radiation beam 13 towards the remote target surface 11 located at the mobile measurement reference point 6, 11, and the odometer device 2 comprises communication means 7 for wirelessly communicating the measurement value to a data receiving means 7? at the vehicle 1.