London Olympic Games to create the highest technology in history, known as the Big Data Olympics

The 2012 London Olympics not only showed us a fantastic match, but also shows us the profound cultural heritage of Britain and revisits her history of driving the world forward every time. Britain has led several innovations in human civilization from Social, cultural, scientific and technological aspects have a good embodiment.

In fact, the London Olympics in 2012 unveiled a revolution that affected the future of mankind. It allowed the world to see as much change as the British industrial revolution in the 18th century. This 12-year London Olympics is a brand new Olympic experience for travelers, athletes and Olympic fans. It has been hailed as one of the most popular social media campaigns in history.

There were 9.66 million tweets just at the opening ceremony, more than the total number of tweets in the entire Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, more than 100,000 photos of London Olympics every day on Instagram, which player broke the record, Social media will never miss the news.

Not only social Olympics, but also B ig Data Olympics

But what's really exciting about Big Data, the technology behind everything that matters, is not just Social Olympics, but Big Data Olympics.

For example, London Transport Network during the event. According to traffic information in London, each driver spent an average of three days a year on traffic jams; Transport for London (TFL) also pointed out that in the United Kingdom, an average of 300 traffic-related incidents per day occurred .

For an Olympic fan, the long-awaited London Olympics has finally arrived, and the anticipation of a carnival-like atmosphere in London can be imagined. However, how to make the tournament unimpeded travel, shuttle between the Olympic venues, the efficient arrival of the destination, but also with more than 100,000 visitors in the fog are visiting famous attractions?

For the British government, it is necessary to not only maintain the smooth traffic flow of important venues including 34 sports venues, 50 training centers, 20 network operation centers and the Olympic Village, but also provide transportation routes for athletes and staff in over 50 countries. About 100,000 visitors poured into ticket booths and crowds of well-known attractions.

Sounds like a disaster that can not be moved, how to make this world-renowned sports festival a good memory, not a terrible messy memory, the British government to fight (Big Data)!

For the London Olympics, Transport for London (TFL) has used Big Data to coordinate a large influx of people in addition to opening the Olympic Route Network.

The sophisticated Cycle Transportation Offset Technique (Scoot) was deployed on 2,100 important sections of the road and reconfigured the traffic lights of 1,300 sections to sense real-time traffic flow, monitor and control London's traffic system, and immediately clear up Program. For example, if the main arterial roads in the Olympic Games need to be dredged up, red lights will be lengthened in some converging sections.

Various sections of CCTV images are also at any time using software analysis of various elements, for example, tracking people during the Olympic Games mobile data. (Oyster Card) card is one of the sources, it provides information on the flow of people to help London's Department of Transportation forecast the peak of commuter traffic and travel dynamics, directly to the passers-by to provide traffic forecasts, such as in a few hours in the future, The traffic is good.

(Traffic experts) dispatched to ensure that the Olympic Games unobstructed

System integration is an important key to the smooth progress of complex events. During the Olympic Games, BT provided 500,000 Wi-Fi hotspots during the Olympic Games to entrust BT, a British telecommunications operator, to provide mobile wireless hotspots and clear the flow of information during the peak period of the Olympic Games. Cisco, It helps to send a large amount of voice, video and traffic messages so that government departments can immediately circulate messages and make the public more enjoyable.

(Technology) plays the most important role throughout the Festival. The London Olympic Games is regarded as the highest-tech Olympics. Technologies such as mobile devices and data collection have reached an unprecedented stage, which is far ahead of the previous Beijing Olympics.

Olympic fans just come up with smart phones, using the free (Inrix) Transport App will be able to get yourself to do the size of the tournament and sightseeing. Inrix is ​​a Big Data expert in traffic information that provides instant traffic information during the Olympics. It uses multiple sources of information, integrates traffic information, assists drivers in planning the most efficient route, helps passengers understand the road conditions and avoids congestion and makes travel routes the best choice.

To ensure the smooth and efficient running of all the events, London's Olympic Park will be the center for the expansion of converged network services. Through technological advances, it will be able to transmit and transform different Olympic experiences to Olympic fans around the world.