ROUTE PLANNING USING LOCATION/TIME ENCODED DATA FROM LOCATION AWARE SNOWPLOWS
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Abstract
Techniques are described for using geographic location data of snowplows to update a snow depth associated with a section of a surface street. The route of the snowplow may be tracked continuously which allows the snow depth of the street to be reset in real-time. The updated snow depth may then be used to generate a cost of travelling on the street. The travelling cost may then be used to plan a route through the region. Alternatively, the cost may be graphically displayed on a map to permit a user to determine which surface streets to avoid. In another embodiment, the cost of travelling on a particular street may be changed by the attributes of the vehicle that will navigate the snow-covered roads, driver'"'"'s experience, or the geographic terrain of a road. This new cost may then be used, for example, to plan a route or display roads to avoid.
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9. A computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising; computer-readable program code configured to; receive location data associated with a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is equipped to remove frozen precipitation from a surface; generate a traveling cost for at least a portion of the surface, wherein the cost of travel is based on the location data; and transmit to a display device at least one of;
(i) map data that associates the traveling cost to a particular geographic location and (ii) a planned route based on the traveling cost.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a computer processor; and a memory containing a program that, when executed on the computer processor, performs an operation for processing data, comprising; receiving location data associated with a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is equipped to remove frozen precipitation from a surface; generating a traveling cost for at least a portion of the surface, wherein the cost of travel is based on the location data; and transmitting to a display device at least one of;
(i) map data that associates the traveling cost to a particular geographic location and (ii) a planned route based on the traveling cost. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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