BoF = Birds of a Feather, aka a cluster detection algorithm we run to find when helicopters from the 'media' and 'leo' (law enforcement officers) come together in the same airspace for a certain preiod of time, then they are added to the google real-time database (soon to also be added to a stream channel, and notifications channel (bof-notifications)).
In the firehose it might look something like this:
Action
When you click one of the icons that represent either a media or law enforcement airship, it should center your map to those coordinates.
Business purpose
We use the "BoF tracker" algorithm to help us determine when an interesting event might be occuring or is occuring. When these two groups, Media and Law enforcement come together, it might mean that there is a chase or a fire or some other live event. When we combine this algorithm with additional video stream identification machine learning efforts, we can truly automate finding live chases. "BoF tracker" is really just a marketing/branding concept, we're not doing anything magical, just leveraging our unique datasets and halversine.
Feature part
Description
BoF = Birds of a Feather, aka a cluster detection algorithm we run to find when helicopters from the 'media' and 'leo' (law enforcement officers) come together in the same airspace for a certain preiod of time, then they are added to the google real-time database (soon to also be added to a stream channel, and notifications channel (bof-notifications)).
In the firehose it might look something like this:
Action
When you click one of the icons that represent either a media or law enforcement airship, it should center your map to those coordinates.
Business purpose
We use the "BoF tracker" algorithm to help us determine when an interesting event might be occuring or is occuring. When these two groups, Media and Law enforcement come together, it might mean that there is a chase or a fire or some other live event. When we combine this algorithm with additional video stream identification machine learning efforts, we can truly automate finding live chases. "BoF tracker" is really just a marketing/branding concept, we're not doing anything magical, just leveraging our unique datasets and halversine.