Generating visual information associated with traffic
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality data are produced and issued to the traveler.
1. A method for generating visual information associated with traffic, the method comprising:
receiving information relating to current traffic conditions;
generating complete and timely traffic data based on the information related to current traffic conditions;
identifying a real-world traffic route;
generating a digital representation of the real-world traffic route;
mapping the complete and timely traffic data to the digital representation; and
displaying traffic flow along the digital representation based on the complete and timely traffic data mapped to the digital representation.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital representation is two-dimensional.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying a three-dimensional object in conjunction with the digital representation.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital representation is three-dimensional.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising displaying a three-dimensional object in conjunction with the digital representation.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is retrieved in real-time.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is locally cached.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is received from a plurality of sources.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is received from a single source.