AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Ola Olanipekun
Ola is a solutions architect for Amazon Web Services (AWS), focusing on data analytics. He develops proofs of concept (POCs) to help customers drive cloud adoption and modernization. In his spare time, Ola enjoys spending time with family and friends and playing soccer and tennis.
Using Amazon Timestream and Amazon Location Service to detect transportation route deviations and anomalies
Transit authorities have to maintain the location and schedule of large numbers of vehicle fleets on a daily basis. Most commonly, GPS coordinates are used to track vehicle location and transportation route. GPS coordinates often have anomalies that can contaminate location reporting. Additionally, if a vehicle takes a detour, it will offset public transportation schedules. Both cases impact the riders negatively. Keeping track and getting notified is a challenge. In this post, we look into an anomaly detection mechanism for public transportation using Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings.