Google Tech Talks
May 28, 2007
ABSTRACT
Over the past two years, Microsoft has been gathering GPS data from volunteer drivers. Each driver has one of our recording GPS receivers on their dashboard for two weeks. So far, we have data from 227 drivers, comprising over 1.7 million time-stamped (latitude, longitude) points. This talk will give a brief overview of several different research projects we have completed based on this data. These projects include:
* Destination Modeling — We characterize where and when people go and how quickly they fall into a rut of visiting very few new destinations.
* Predestination — We use our destination models to predict where a driver is driving as the trip…