Micro Weather
Benefit from the Mercedes-Benz vehicle fleet as moving weather stations to collect the most local data on temperature, rain and road conditions.
When vehicles become driving weather stations
Who hasn't experienced this? You check the weather app and realize that the actual weather at your current location differs from the information on the smartphone app. But what is the reason for the inaccurate information? In Germany, for example, common weather service providers usually only use data from static weather stations, which of course do not cover the entire city or region exactly. This lack of accuracy affects the safety of road users, as road conditions depend on local weather conditions. In order to increase the accuracy of information on local weather and road conditions we developed the Micro Weather data product which uses the Mercedes‑Benz vehicle fleet as “moving weather stations”. The product collects multiple pieces of anonymized information about the current weather situation and makes it available on GPS level. The data mapped on defined road sections is validated and aggregated via a specially developed algorithm.
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Contact usWhat data is included?
Whether cities and municipalities or providers of navigation, weather or car sharing services: the Micro Weather data set is the perfect complement to the data of static weather stations to successfully compensate for their limited locality. The following data points are available:
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Temperature
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Rain intensity
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Road condition
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GPS position
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Time stamp
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Confidence level
Your advantages at a glance
Local weather events in near real-time
Improve your weather-related use cases by incorporating the near real-time information on micro weather and road conditions generated by the Mercedes‑Benz vehicle fleet.
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Most local data
The “mobile weather stations” in the Mercedes‑Benz vehicle fleet complement and optimize the data from static weather stations.
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High data density
Micro Weather monitors weather data on the smallest road sections worldwide – using connected vehicles from the Mercedes‑Benz fleet.
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The latest data
Near real-time reports on changing weather and road conditions increase the safety of all road users, because every second counts.
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Smart aggregation
The product offers highly precise weather data using an intelligent algorithm based on Mercedes‑Benz's own aggregation of various data points.
Increase safety and knowledge advantage based on near real-time information
1. Determination of temperature data
The information about the local temperature is obtained via the temperature sensors outside the vehicle and transmitted to the Mercedes‑Benz Data backend.
2. Messung der Regenintensität
The rain intensity is detected via the windscreen wipers once they are set in the automatic mode. This allows us to get a clear indication whether the rain intensity is high, medium, low or not present.
3. Conclusions about the road condition
The road condition (e.g. slippery or dry) is an aggregated data point of temperature, rain intensity and additionally solar intensity. Finally, a confidence level gives a sense of how reliable our aggregated data is.
4. Anonymized data transmission
The collection of data from Mercedes‑Benz vehicles takes place every 120 seconds, provided the driver has given active consent. The weather data is anonymized and validated in the Mercedes‑Benz Cloud and then visualized via a dashboard or integrated into an existing application as a data product via an interface.
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