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What is the software concept behind traffic maps?


A simple question: what is the name of concept that, for example, Google Maps and Waze use to discover and indicate traffic jam? Is that from users information or something with satellite signals?


Solution

  • There are usually various sources involved and it all depends on which product you're looking at. I might miss a source or two, but these are probably the most important ones:

    Usually the best solution is to use a combination of these sources. Navigation systems usually can't rely on just mobile phone data as they'd need a widespread use before it is possible to detect most traffic jams. Some sources require a lot of fine-tuning and complex algorithms to remove the noise in the data.