Exelis and TrafficLand partner to deliver real time weather information

TrafficLand has partnered with information solutions provider Exelis and TrafficLand to apply Exelis’ Helios next-generation image science to America’s largest traffic camera network to deliver real-time weather condition information at a hyper-local level. The Helios digital platform applies Exelis image science to thousands of ground-based cameras and sensors across the US. Access to the Helios data is made available through three standard application programming interfaces (APIs), Helios4Forecast,
January 6, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
1964 TrafficLand has partnered with information solutions provider Exelis and TrafficLand to apply Exelis’ Helios next-generation image science to America’s largest traffic camera network to deliver real-time weather condition information at a hyper-local level.

The Helios digital platform applies Exelis image science to thousands of ground-based cameras and sensors across the US.

Access to the Helios data is made available through three standard application programming interfaces (APIs), Helios4Forecast, Helios4Apps, and Helios4Enterprise. The APIs were designed for product managers, operation centre managers and applications developers for easily incorporating relevant weather information into their forecasting tools, browser-based products, mobile applications, and enterprise systems. Custom APIs are also available to meet specific customer requirements.

TrafficLand provides Exelis with direct access to its network of over 18,000 traffic cameras with coverage in every major market and along every highway system across the country. Exelis applies its analytics to help customers with autonomous monitoring and detection of current weather conditions to increase their situational awareness, operational efficiencies and to prevent accidents.

Eric Webster, Exelis vice president of environmental intelligence, commented, “A formal relationship with TrafficLand provides us with high-quality data and a national footprint.”

“This exciting partnership with Exelis underscores the value of TrafficLand’s national camera footprint and makes it possible to leverage the unique capabilities our combined technologies offer,” said Lawrence Nelson, CEO of TrafficLand. “Live, accurate information about surface-level road conditions, available across platforms, specific to each user’s location, is a breakthrough and it will support better decision-making by individual commuters, emergency responders and others.”
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