Baidu has launched a heat map of where Chinese travelers are heading to, coming from, and which routes are most popular during Chinese New Year, the country's largest national holiday.
It's a time when most Chinese either return home to their families or go on vacation, and it's the largest annual mammalian migration on Earth. During the 40-day holiday period — which is called Spring Festival in Chinese — 3.6 billion passenger trips will be made across all modes of transportation (Note: most people only get eight days off).
Baidu gathers data from smartphones with Baidu Maps and other apps using its location-based platform to create the heat map. Baidu Maps alone has more than 200 million registered users and receives 3.5 million position requests every day. Read more...
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It's a time when most Chinese either return home to their families or go on vacation, and it's the largest annual mammalian migration on Earth. During the 40-day holiday period — which is called Spring Festival in Chinese — 3.6 billion passenger trips will be made across all modes of transportation (Note: most people only get eight days off).
Baidu gathers data from smartphones with Baidu Maps and other apps using its location-based platform to create the heat map. Baidu Maps alone has more than 200 million registered users and receives 3.5 million position requests every day. Read more...
More about China, Baidu, Mobile, Us World, and World Reported by Mashable 2 hours ago.