Vehicle traffic flow data acquisition and distribution

A method for acquisition of vehicle traffic flow data and reporting to an onboard vehicle navigation system of a subscriber, comprising:

• acquiring, using a first camera, first imagery of a plurality different vehicles at a first location;
• acquiring, using a second camera, second imagery of a plurality of different vehicles at a second location;
• individually identifying vehicles in both the first and second imagery and calculating an elapsed time of travel for the individually identified vehicles between the first location and the second location;
• calculating computing a rate of travel for each of the individually identified different vehicles based upon an elapsed time of travel between the first imagery and the second imagery;
• broadcasting an average rate of travel for the individually identified different vehicles to the onboard vehicle navigation system of the subscriber.

A vehicle navigation data distribution hardware system, comprising:

• an image acquisition and detection hardware system configured to:
• acquire, using a first camera, first imagery of a plurality different vehicles at a first location,
• acquire, using a second camera, second imagery of a plurality of different vehicles at a second location,
• individually identify vehicles in both the first and second imagery and calculate an elapsed time of travel for the individually identified vehicles between the first location and the second location, and
• calculate computing a rate of travel for each of the individually identified different vehicles based upon an elapsed time of travel between the first imagery and the second imagery;
• a traffic flow broadcasting system configured to:
• broadcast an average rate of travel for the individually identified different vehicles to an onboard vehicle navigation system of a subscriber.