Owners of phones helped to chart the road – BAF «Economics today»

Boston, MA. Massachusetts, USA, 30.08.16 – 12:43

Information about the location and movements of people has become very useful in the planning of roads .

Scientists do not ask
a huge number of people on their travels

The study was conducted by employees of MIT and Ford Motor Company. They used data on the geolocation of smartphone users at a time when they call or go online.

Once loaded in the developed algorithm the total volume of information gathered in Boston for six weeks, was obtained by the scheme of

movement, the creation of a usually it takes several years. Proof of the success was the almost complete coincidence of this model to the one that made up the city administration

As explained by one of the ideas of the authors, its main advantage lies in the fact that scientists do not need to ask a huge number of people about their movements -. It information comes automatically.

Earlier it was reported that in 2017 the share of manufactured smartphone with fingerprint scanners will be increased to 50%.

Alexander Nikitin