2. Data

In order to validate the algorithm, the data-set of mobility traces of taxi cabs in San Francisco, USA, in combination with the open-source street map of San Francisco was used ([Piorkowski2009]).

The following data was used:

2.1. GPS data

Dataset of mobility traces of taxi cabs in San Francisco, USA.

• File: cabspottingdata.tar.gz

• URL: https://crawdad.org/epfl/mobility/20090224/

Note: Registration and log in is nessesary in order to get the data

2.2. GIS Road Map data

• File: San Francisco Basemap Street Centerlines.zip

• URL: https://data.sfgov.org/Geographic-Locations-and-Boundaries/San-Francisco-Basemap-Street-Centerlines/7hfy-8sz8/data