Scrutinizing Data from Sky: An Examination of Its Veracity in Area Based Traffic Contexts

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Autori principali: Ali, Yawar, N, Krishnan K, Sarkar, Debashis Ray, Rao, K. Ramachandra, Chatterjee, Niladri, Bhaskar, Ashish
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author Ali, Yawar
N, Krishnan K
Sarkar, Debashis Ray
Rao, K. Ramachandra
Chatterjee, Niladri
Bhaskar, Ashish
author_facet Ali, Yawar
N, Krishnan K
Sarkar, Debashis Ray
Rao, K. Ramachandra
Chatterjee, Niladri
Bhaskar, Ashish
contents Traffic data collection has been an overwhelming task for researchers as well as authorities over the years. With the advancement in technology and introduction of various tools for processing and extracting traffic data the task has been made significantly convenient. Data from Sky (DFS) is one such tool, based on image processing and artificial intelligence (AI), that provides output for macroscopic as well as microscopic variables of the traffic streams. The company claims to provide 98 to 100 percent accuracy on the data exported using DFS tool. The tool is widely used in developed countries where the traffic is homogenous and has lane-based movements. In this study, authors have checked the veracity of DFS tool in heterogenous and area-based traffic movement that is prevailing in most developing countries. The validation is done using various methods using Classified Volume Count (CVC), Space Mean Speeds (SMS) of individual vehicle classes and microscopic trajectory of probe vehicle to verify DFS claim. The error for CVCs for each vehicle class present in the traffic stream is estimated. Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) values are calculated for average speeds of each vehicle class between manually and DFS extracted space mean speeds (SMSs), and the microscopic trajectories are validated using a GPS based tracker put on probe vehicles. The results are fairly accurate in the case of data taken from a bird eye view with least errors. The other configurations of data collection have some significant errors, that are majorly caused by the varied traffic composition, the view of camera angle, and the direction of traffic.
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spellingShingle Scrutinizing Data from Sky: An Examination of Its Veracity in Area Based Traffic Contexts
Ali, Yawar
N, Krishnan K
Sarkar, Debashis Ray
Rao, K. Ramachandra
Chatterjee, Niladri
Bhaskar, Ashish
Emerging Technologies
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Traffic data collection has been an overwhelming task for researchers as well as authorities over the years. With the advancement in technology and introduction of various tools for processing and extracting traffic data the task has been made significantly convenient. Data from Sky (DFS) is one such tool, based on image processing and artificial intelligence (AI), that provides output for macroscopic as well as microscopic variables of the traffic streams. The company claims to provide 98 to 100 percent accuracy on the data exported using DFS tool. The tool is widely used in developed countries where the traffic is homogenous and has lane-based movements. In this study, authors have checked the veracity of DFS tool in heterogenous and area-based traffic movement that is prevailing in most developing countries. The validation is done using various methods using Classified Volume Count (CVC), Space Mean Speeds (SMS) of individual vehicle classes and microscopic trajectory of probe vehicle to verify DFS claim. The error for CVCs for each vehicle class present in the traffic stream is estimated. Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) values are calculated for average speeds of each vehicle class between manually and DFS extracted space mean speeds (SMSs), and the microscopic trajectories are validated using a GPS based tracker put on probe vehicles. The results are fairly accurate in the case of data taken from a bird eye view with least errors. The other configurations of data collection have some significant errors, that are majorly caused by the varied traffic composition, the view of camera angle, and the direction of traffic.
title Scrutinizing Data from Sky: An Examination of Its Veracity in Area Based Traffic Contexts
topic Emerging Technologies
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17212