Accurate, live road traffic information is increasingly valuable as more and more vehicles use the available road network and the risk of congestion increases.
With TomTom Traffic Flow, roads are continuously monitored to determine the average speed of vehicles on each stretch, satisfying the needs of a wide range of users:
• Road Authorities Entire road network displayed to assess current hotspots so action can be taken to relieve congestion.
• Construction Companies Monitoring the effect of road works and lane closures, including their knock-on effect on surrounding roads.
• Navigation Applications/Logistics Companies True travel times for each road help fastest route calculations and improve ETA.
WHY TOMTOM
TRAFFIC FLOW?
HIGHEST JAM ACCURACY
Data is merged from multiple probes and sensor sources.
HIGHEST ROAD MILEAGE
Covers secondary roads as well as motorways and major roads.
FAVOURS CAR DRIVERS
Predominantly car-centric data sources not distorted by trucks.
TMC LOCATION REFERENCING • Ease of integration into existing maps and routing engines, with congestion and incident locations
described precisely using local TMC tables and offsets.
OPENLR LOCATION REFERENCING • Information is decoded onto any map so congestion and incident locations are described precisely on
any road. This includes secondary roads.
CHOICE OF FILE FORMATS • Widely accepted industry standard formats including Datex2 and protobuf ensures easy integration
with existing maps and routing engines
MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORY DATA
SOURCES
• Confidence that data is reliable and accurate.
AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES • Single source of data for key markets with consistent quality.
PLATFORM MATURITY • Confidence that data is reliable and accurate – the same data has been used by ‘TomTom Traffic’ on
TomTom PNDs since 2007.
FAST FILE UPDATE EVERY MINUTE • Confidence that data is fresh, reliable and accurate.
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Each TomTom Traffic Flow data file includes information showing the observed speed on all roads of interest and details delays that can be expected on each stretch. This allows the service on the whole road network to be visualised and evaluated to assess the true travel time for each road.
Comprehensive and accurate traffic data adds to the value of any road related project or business, saving time and reducing stress for drivers along the way.
TomTom Traffic Flow ensures market leading quality by merging multiple data sources. These include anonymous measurements from GPS navigation devices, mobile phone signals and sensor data from governments. Using a proprietary data fusion method, TomTom efficiently processes these large data sets and instantly transmits the results to business partners. Users can be confident of receiving the freshest and most accurate traffic and travel information over the greatest number of roads wherever TomTom Traffic Flow is available.
Snapshot of TomTom Traffic Flow in Antwerp
TomTom Traffic Flow includes average vehicle speed on all significant road stretches in the area of interest
