Software-as-a-Service FlowMotion
Developed by Salzburg Research first in 2012, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) FlowMotion software efficiently processes and analyzes large amounts of network-related motion data in near real time or from historical data sets.
Special features of SaaS FlowMotion
- Scalable processing of motion data from thousands of sensors (e.g., vehicles, bicycles, buses, trucks, etc.)
- Efficient storage of raw data and network-referenced results
- Interactive, web-based visualization of results
- APIs for data access (online or historical)
FlowMotion.Collect module
- Continuous collection of location-referenced sensor data streams from various data sources (satellite-based localization, Bluetooth/WLAN localization, C-ITS data, traffic detectors, smartphone-based collection, etc.)
- Preprocessing of data (sorting by timestamps, checking validity and duplicates, detecting outliers)
- Creation of trajectories and forwarding to the analysis module
FlowMotion.Analysis module
- Referencing of movement data to a network graph (map matching)
- Derivation of network-related travel data (travels)
- Detection of motion patterns (stops, delays, special events, etc.)
- Derivation of current and historical traffic parameters such as speed, travel times, LOS, TTI, and forecasts
- Derivation of spatial and temporal aggregations
- Storage of raw data (trajectories) and calculation results (travels, motion patterns)
FlowMotion.Insights module
- Interactive, map-based visualization of key figures on the web
- Export of network-referenced key figures for further analysis (e.g., R, Spark)
- Provision of evaluated data via APIs
Success Story
FlowMotion is used as part of the Austria-wide EVIS system (Real-Time Traffic Information Austria) for real-time traffic situation calculations in the states of Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg. It is also used to process floating car data for network-related travel times throughout Austria.
