Abstract: An article of manufacture for displaying traffic flow data representing traffic conditions on a road system includes creating a graphical map of the road system which includes one or more segments. The status of each segment on the graphical map is determined such that the status of each segment corresponds to the traffic flow data associated with that segment. An animated traffic flow map of the road system is created by combining the graphical map and the status of each segment.

Abstract: Traffic flow data representing traffic conditions on a road system is obtained. A user selects a start geographical location and an end geographical location. An animated flythrough 3D graphical map is then created and displayed beginning at the start geographical location and navigating toward the end geographical location. The traffic flow data is continuously displayed during the flythrough.

Abstract: Traffic data, such as traffic flow data, is obtained for a road system. Weather data is obtained for the geographical region corresponding to the road system. A graphical map of the road system is then displayed and the traffic data and weather data is simultaneously displayed on a graphical map of the road system. The graphical map of the road system may be a 2D or a 3D view. The weather data may be a graphical representation of weather conditions.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for displaying on a graphical map traffic flow data representing traffic conditions on a road system. The graphical map includes one or more keyroutes, each keyroute being defined by one or more contiguous road segments. Congestion status of the one or more keyroutes are displayed on the graphical map. The congestion status is defined by partitioning the keyroute into one or more congestion segments, each congestion segment being defined in terms of a percentage range of the keyroute from the start of the keyroute. Each congestion segment has a congestion status. Also, a plurality of identification objects are shown at fixed positions in the graphical map and a plurality of different views of the graphical map are defined. Each identification object is coded to be either displayed or not displayed for each of the different views.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, apparatus and article of manufacture is provided for displaying traffic flow data on a graphical map of a road system. The graphical map includes one or more segments and the traffic flow data represents traffic conditions on a road system. A status of each segment on the graphical map is determined, wherein the status corresponds to the traffic flow data associated with that segment. An animated traffic flow map of the road system is then created by combining the graphical map and the status of each segment. The animated traffic flow map is created by being continuously rendered in real time. The traffic flow data is updated in real-time, and the traffic flow map immediately reflects the updated traffic data.

Abstract: Traffic flow data is obtained for a road system that encompasses a predefined geographical region. A user then selects an object of interest within the geographical region. The object of interest has a corresponding geographical location. A graphical map of the road system is then created and the traffic flow data representing traffic conditions on the road system is displayed on the graphical map, wherein the graphical map includes the geographical location of the user-selected object of interest.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of displaying traffic conditions on a road system includes creating a 3D graphical map of the road system that includes one or more segments. The status of at least one of the segments on the 3D graphical map is determined. The status of the segment corresponds to traffic data associated with that segment. A 3D model of the road system is created by combining the 3D graphical map and the status of that segment.