VirtualRWIS (VRWIS) service uses advanced software analytics to make highly accurate virtual observations about ground-level weather conditions at specific roadway locations. The datasets VRWIS offers address the same weather variables typically monitored by the physical Environmental Sensor Systems used by most state Departments of Transportation.
VRWIS uses data from multiple public and commercial sources as inputs to its proprietary road weather software algorithm to generate real-time weather conditions data without relying on physical sensor installations.
Lat / Lon of road location for forecastTime of forecastAir temperature (at 2 meters)Wind speed (at 10 meters)Wind directionPrecipitation amount (mm/hr)Precipitation type (rain, snow, mix, sleet, freezing rain)Road surface temperatureWater depth (on roadway)Snow depth (on roadway)Road condition (dry, near dry, wet, ice/snow/slush on road, etc.)Grip / Traction (presently in development)
360DataLake Service, developed in partnership w/JAR Labs, offers specialized access to archived roadway video from 20,000+ fixed-location traffic cameras across the U.S.
The content is accessible via API and a dashboard application making it easy to search, review and download video segments of interest. The service uses multiple data sources to help flag incidents and match them to camera locations.
360DataLake service also includes an hourly weather data archive for each traffic camera location, as well as over 10,000 additional locations. Further development is underway to expand content and incorporate additional AI/ML data analytics-based information.