Time-tagged coordinates from session-unique transmissions of wireless
devices are collected routinely and stored for later analysis. From this data,
one may derive a sequence of wireless device operation from which attributes may
be ascertained. Sequences are accumulated until a dense aggregate pattern (900)
is formed over a geographic area. Aggregate data is sorted into ranges representing
speed of movement and then converted to pixels representing cells (401)
in an aggregate matrix (400). Heavily weighted values (402) are assigned
to cells (401) that represent a location within a pre-specified spatial
error (100) about a data point (101). Lower values are assigned to
cells (401) representing paths (200), or corridors, connecting these
better-identified locations. As more transmission sessions (500) are added
to the matrix (400), the largest weight values (402) cluster as individual
cells (401) representing a most likely path (1001). Thus precise
topographic attributes may be derived based on these spatial clusters (FIG. 11A),
overlapping paths connecting them (1001), or combinations (FIG. 15A) thereof.