User queries to model road network usage

摘要

A system and method determines a plurality of scores for a road segment that are related to the total distance traveled when drivers traverse that road segment. The scores are displayed graphically to illustrate the usage of road segments. The scores are also used to determine which road segments to display on a map when determining which roads to display at a given zoom level for a map.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a plurality of routes traversing road segments between first endpoints and second endpoints on a geographic map, wherein multiple routes traverse a same road segment; determining by one or more processors a route-based score for the road segment for each of the multiple routes that traverse the road segment, the route-based score for a route based on a first distance from the first endpoint of the route to the road segment and a second distance from the second endpoint of the route to the road segment; determining a segment score describing usage of the road segment for the road segment based on the route-based scores; and storing the segment score in association with the road segment on the geographic map.