Traffic Reports - utilising Waze and ArcGIS Insights

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02-04-2019 03:54 AM
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In October 2018, I published a blog post on ingesting Waze data into ArcGIS Online.
Below is a technique for automating traffic study and incident reports utilising this data.

Screenshots from ArcGIS Insights

Deleting duplicate features

As you may have figured out, there are duplicate features in the corresponding feature layers when using this method. This is due to the python script copying events from feed at 4-minute intervals; whilst an event (accident, road closure, traffic jam, etc) may stay on the Waze XML feed for a much longer time.

  1. Add feature layers into a local Geodatabase using the copy features Geoprocessing tool in ArcGIS Pro.
  2. Use delete identical Geoprocessing tool to delete duplicate features.
    Please make sure to select UUID field for the Traffic Alerts feature layer, and select fields UUID, Speed, Delay and Length for the Traffic Jams feature layer - whose values will be compared to delete identical records.
  3. Publish these as web layers back into ArcGIS Online for analysis.
  4. Use the following ArcGIS Insights Models against newly created web layers (Traffic Alerts & Traffic Jams).
    1. Animal Incidents
    2. Faults
    3. Accidents
    4. Reported Jams
    5. Traffic Jams
    6. Traffic Irregularities

Cheers! - Gee Fernando

Click on the video below to view some insights of our findings (Canberra, Australia).

5 Comments
LangdonSanders2
Occasional Contributor

Great post Geethaka Fernando! Question: Are those links supposed to be publicly visible? I'm having trouble reaching. . . 

  1. Animal Incidents
  2. Faults
  3. Accidents
  4. Reported Jams
  5. Traffic Jams
  6. Traffic Irregularities

Thanks!

by Anonymous User
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Great post. Thanks for sharing!

deleted-user-UxcAu2PHrDQp
Occasional Contributor

Nice

by Anonymous User
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Thanks Langdon Sanders

Yes, the links are publicly visible.

But, you'll still need an ArcGIS Insights license to access them.

ErnestoCarreras2
New Contributor III

Great post and thanks for sharing this information!

Geethaka Fernando I am having issue opening the Insights Models. We have a Insights but when I click to open the model in Insights, it only opens a blank card. Any idea why? Kind regards,Ernesto