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nounfloating car data (uncountable)
- uncountabletransportA 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 7Synonyms: FCD, floating cellular data
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nounA method to determine the traffic speed on a road network by monitoring the geolocations of drivers' mobile phones.
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