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floating car data

floating car data noun: a method to determine the traffic speed on a road network by monitoring the geolocations of drivers' mobile phones.

Noun

floating car data (uncountable)

  1. A method to determine the traffic speed on a road network by monitoring the geolocations of drivers' mobile phones.
    • In this chapter, we discuss trajectory data and floating-car data, both providing space-time profiles of vehicles.2012, Martin Treiber, Traffic Flow Dynamics: Data, Models and Simulation, page 7

Synonyms of floating car data

Questions about floating car data

What does floating car data mean?
Floating car data means a method to determine the traffic speed on a road network by monitoring the geolocations of drivers' mobile phones.
What part of speech is floating car data?
Floating car data is a noun.

Words near floating car data in the dictionary

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  2. floating bridge
  3. floating bridges
  4. floating bus stop
  5. floating bus stops
  6. floating car data
  7. floating cellular data
  8. floating collar
  9. floating collars
  10. floating dock
  11. floating docks

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