TY - GEN
T1 - Data mining opportunities in geosocial networks for improving road safety
AU - Fire, Michael
AU - Kagan, Dima
AU - Puzis, Rami
AU - Rokach, Lior
AU - Elovici, Yuval
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - Traffic measurements, road safety studies, and surveys are required for efficient road planning and ensuring the safety of transportation. Unfortunately, these methods can be cumbersome and very expensive. In this paper we point out a source of transportation information that is based on collaborative community-based navigation applications, such as Waze. Partial and anonimized information publicly exposed by Waze through their application provides valuable information that can significantly ease the future of transportation studies. Moreover, we show that Waze user reports may expose locations plagued with accidents but in lacking police coverage. This knowledge may help police departments to improve road safety by relocating the police units to these locations. Lastly, the data discussed in this paper connects transportation and road safety research to location based services and social network platforms.
AB - Traffic measurements, road safety studies, and surveys are required for efficient road planning and ensuring the safety of transportation. Unfortunately, these methods can be cumbersome and very expensive. In this paper we point out a source of transportation information that is based on collaborative community-based navigation applications, such as Waze. Partial and anonimized information publicly exposed by Waze through their application provides valuable information that can significantly ease the future of transportation studies. Moreover, we show that Waze user reports may expose locations plagued with accidents but in lacking police coverage. This knowledge may help police departments to improve road safety by relocating the police units to these locations. Lastly, the data discussed in this paper connects transportation and road safety research to location based services and social network platforms.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871965752&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EEEI.2012.6377049
DO - 10.1109/EEEI.2012.6377049
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84871965752
SN - 9781467346801
T3 - 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
BT - 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
Y2 - 14 November 2012 through 17 November 2012
ER -