Evaluation of traffic data obtained via GPS-enabled mobile phones: The Mobile Century field experiment

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 568-583

  Herrera, Juan C ^a   Work, Daniel B ^b   Herring, Ryan ^b   Jacobson, Quinn ^d   Bayen, Alexandre M ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Jeff)   (United States)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS enabled cell phones; Mobile sensors; Traffic monitoring systems; Traffic sensors

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CELLULAR PHONE NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; GPS-ENABLED CELL PHONES; INDUCTIVE LOOP DETECTORS; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; MOBILE SENSORS; TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SENSORS;

MONITORING;

GPS; INTERNET; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952675249     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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