Many industrial and research projects in the field of ITS need traffic data for realizing new and
innovative applications. However, it is often costly and time-consuming to acquire or to access
such data. That is where a complete traffic data platform with standardized access can increase
the efficiency of research for current and future ITS projects. For this purpose, the Institute of
Transportation Systems of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing a modular and
SOA based Traffic Data Platform (TDP) which provides all basic tools for storage, processing,
fusion and management of traffic data from various sources. In this context, the TDP is
especially designed to support “online” services and information in a most efficient way.
Moreover, due to its modularity and extensibility, the platform itself can be used as a
framework for testing and developing new methods and algorithms for data fusion and quality
estimation, for example. This paper gives a general overview about the TDP and focuses on the
technical aspects. The main functionalities, non-functional requirements, and the key players
are mentioned as well as the supported data. Finally, a selected use case scenario shows the
practical applicability of the TDP
