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Article: A novel method for predicting and mapping the occurrence of sun glare using Google Street View
Title | A novel method for predicting and mapping the occurrence of sun glare using Google Street View |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Deep learning Google Street View Sun glare |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Citation | Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2019, v. 106, p. 132-144 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The sun glare is one of the major environmental hazards that cause traffic accidents. Every year many traffic accidents are caused by sun glare in the United States. Providing accurate information about when and where sun glare happens would be helpful to prevent sun glare caused traffic accidents. In this study, we proposed to use the publicly accessible Google Street View (GSV) panorama images to estimate and predict the occurrence of sun glare. GSV images have view sight similar to drivers, which make GSV images suitable for estimating the visibility of sun glare to drivers. A recently developed convolutional neural network algorithm was used to segment GSV images and predict obstructions on sun glare. Based on the predicted obstructions for given locations, we further estimated the time windows of sun glare by calculating the sun positions and the relative angles between drivers and the sun for those locations. We conducted a case study in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Results show that the method can predict the occurrence of sun glare precisely. The proposed method provides an important tool for people to deal with the sun glare and reduce the potential traffic accidents caused by the sun glare. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/336223 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 9.022 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.185 |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, Xiaojiang | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cai, Bill Yang | - |
dc.contributor.author | Qiu, Waishan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhao, Jinhua | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ratti, C. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-15T08:24:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-15T08:24:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2019, v. 106, p. 132-144 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0968-090X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/336223 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The sun glare is one of the major environmental hazards that cause traffic accidents. Every year many traffic accidents are caused by sun glare in the United States. Providing accurate information about when and where sun glare happens would be helpful to prevent sun glare caused traffic accidents. In this study, we proposed to use the publicly accessible Google Street View (GSV) panorama images to estimate and predict the occurrence of sun glare. GSV images have view sight similar to drivers, which make GSV images suitable for estimating the visibility of sun glare to drivers. A recently developed convolutional neural network algorithm was used to segment GSV images and predict obstructions on sun glare. Based on the predicted obstructions for given locations, we further estimated the time windows of sun glare by calculating the sun positions and the relative angles between drivers and the sun for those locations. We conducted a case study in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Results show that the method can predict the occurrence of sun glare precisely. The proposed method provides an important tool for people to deal with the sun glare and reduce the potential traffic accidents caused by the sun glare. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies | - |
dc.subject | Deep learning | - |
dc.subject | Google Street View | - |
dc.subject | Sun glare | - |
dc.title | A novel method for predicting and mapping the occurrence of sun glare using Google Street View | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.trc.2019.07.013 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85069580887 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 106 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 132 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 144 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000489000100009 | - |