liikennetiedot
Liikennetiedot is a Finnish term that translates to "traffic information" or "transport data" and refers to data describing the state, movement and management of road, rail, maritime and air transport. It includes real-time information on traffic flow, incidents, roadworks, public transport schedules and vehicle locations as well as historical and planned transport data used for analysis and planning.
Sources of liikennetiedot include road sensors, cameras, automatic number plate recognition, floating car data from GPS-enabled
Common formats and standards used to exchange liikennetiedot are GTFS for public transport schedules, DATEX II
Uses range from route guidance and congestion management to traffic forecasting, infrastructure planning and road safety
Considerations around liikennetiedot include data quality, timeliness, standardization and privacy, especially when location-based or personal data