[OSM-dev] GSoC - Travel Time Analysis (classification aproach of Speedcollector)

[Nic Roets]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Marcus Wolschon
<marcus.wolschon at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Expected, general travel times and delays due to random events
> are 2 different problems.

The two problems are so closely interlinked it makes sense to treat them as one.

> That there was a car accident last week does not affect the estimate
> of how long you are likely to travel by the time you react the start of
> a segment now.

Of course it does ! You have to account for the probability that the
road is poorly designed at that spot.

> The most likely source of information about short time traffic obstructions
> is TMC and it usually tells you the expected delay. So this needs different
> issue not be addressed now and certainly not here.
>
> Marcus
>
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