Telematics systems and methods are described for generating interactive animated guided user interfaces (GUIs). A telematics cloud platform is configured to receive vehicular telematics data from a telematics device onboard a vehicle. A GUI value compression component determines, based on the vehicular telematics data, a plurality of GUI position values and a plurality of corresponding GUI time values. A geospatial animation app receives the plurality of GUI position values and the plurality of corresponding GUI time values. The geospatial animation app implements an interactive animated GUI that renders a plurality of geospatial graphics or graphical routes on a geographic area map via a display device. The geospatial graphics or graphical routes are rendered to have different visual forms based on differences between respective GUI position values and corresponding GUI time values.

The present disclosure provides more appropriate information for vehicles. An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure receives pieces of probe data from a plurality of vehicles having traveled through a predetermined point, each of the pieces of probe data indicating a traveling environment at the point, and generates information for other vehicles to pass through the point, for each of attributes of vehicles, based on the pieces of probe data.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to associate danger information with a location where biological information indicative of the danger information has been measured from a user.

The technology involves communicating the reachability status associated with an autonomous vehicle to a user such as a rider within the vehicle, a person awaiting pickup, or a customer that scheduled a package deliver. Reachability information about pickup and/or drop off locations is presentable via an app on a user device, which helps set expectations with customers about where the vehicle is most likely to be able to perform a pickup and/or drop off. This may include indicating how much variance there may be based on current congestion, parking or idling regulations, or weather conditions. The reachability information may be presented via one or more visualization tools to indicate the uncertainty and/or likely final location. Presenting such contextual information may be done based on real time information, and the presentation may be updated as needed. Historical information about the location may also be used to lower the level of uncertainty.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing and accessing traffic data images in a limited bandwidth environment. A traffic map image database is stored in a navigation device, where the database includes a plurality of traffic map images. A traffic condition is determined for a location of the navigation device. A traffic map image is retrieved from the database using a processor, where the traffic map image reflects the traffic condition for the location of the navigation device. The traffic map image is displayed on the navigation device.

A system and method provides a route and turn-by-turn directions based on estimates of current and future traffic along the route. A client device may request turn-by-turn directions between an initial and a final location. A server may identify a plurality of routes between the locations. Each route of the plurality of routes may be divided into route segments. For each route segment of a particular route, the server may estimate a travel time. The travel time may be based on estimated vehicle volume data generated from information received from other users vehicle Based on the estimated travel time for each route segment of a particular route, the server may estimate a total travel time for the particular route. The server may repeat this estimate for each of the plurality of routes between the locations and select the route with the lowest estimated travel time. Based on the selected route, the server may generate turn-by-turn directions and transmit the directions to the client device for display.

A map database stores data describing a set of connected roadways, each having one or more lanes. A coverage system selects lanes from the map database along which AVs can stop, such as parking lanes. The coverage system generates buffer regions for each of the stopping lanes, where each buffer region includes an area within a given distance of the respective lane. The coverage system combines the buffer regions to generate a coverage area, and provides a display of the coverage area overlayed over a map of roads corresponding to the coverage area.

Embodiments described herein may provide a method for generating a local hazard warning polygon and establishing a quality score thereof. Methods may include: receiving a plurality of probe data points from a plurality of probes within a mapped region, where each probe data point includes location information and weather condition information; generating, based on a plurality of probe data points indicating an adverse weather condition, a local hazard warning condition polygon including a plurality of local hazard warning condition vertices; receiving weather conditions at each of a plurality of map points within the mapped region; correlating each local hazard warning condition vertex with a respective map point within the mapped region; and establishing a quality score of the local hazard warning condition polygon based on a proportion of the local hazard warning condition vertices indicating an adverse weather condition agreeing with a weather condition at a respective correlated map point.

In an information processing apparatus, a control unit acquires information on a passage route that is a route through which a user of a facility included in a predetermined area passes. The control unit generates, based on the information on the passage route, information on a recommended route that is a vehicle traveling route recommended within the predetermined area. The control unit transmits the information on the recommended route to a vehicle scheduled to travel within the predetermined area.

Location technologies are combined with other information systems to provide augmented information for individuals such as a traveler in an automobile.