Method and apparatus for traffic report certainty estimation

An apparatus for traffic report certainty estimation comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
• calculate a traffic report for a road segment based on real-time probe data collected from one or more sensors of at least one probe device;
• calculate a real-time spatial coverage parameter for the road segment, wherein the real-time spatial coverage parameter indicates a percentage of the road segment covered by the real-time probe data;
• map the real-time spatial coverage parameter to a pre-defined interval of a certainty table associated with the road segment to determine a coefficient of certainty value for the traffic report;
• and
• provide the coefficient of certainty value as an output.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for traffic report certainty estimation, including one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform:

• determining at least one data input to a mapping platform for generating a traffic report estimation for a road segment;
• determining at least one input characteristic value associated with the at least one data input based, at least in part, on probe data collected from one or more sensors of at least one probe device;
• determining a coefficient of certainty value from a certainty table based on the at least one input characteristic value, wherein the certainty table respectively maps one or more value intervals of the at least one input characteristic value to a pre-assigned coefficient of certainty value;
• and
• providing the coefficient of certainty value as an output associated with the traffic report.