Intelligent distributed systems and methods for live traffic monitoring and optimization

A distributed system for live traffic monitoring and optimization includes a central computer and a plurality of mobile client devices at different geographical locations. Each mobile client device may run a software application to capture images of its current location and the associated location coordinates of each image and communicate the combined digital data of each location to the central computer. The central computer may collect the digital data of every location from all mobile client devices in that location, continuously updating and processing them to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive graphical information of any location.