Method and apparatus for determining information about mobility situations

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining and analyzing information on an irregular mobility situation. In this case, a determination means collects the data on the irregular situation mobility of online media in real time and stores them. An analysis means analyzes the temporal evolution of numbers of people and the whereabouts of people and provides a forecast of the expected course of the irregular mobility situation ready. In addition, the analysis means determines the reasons and causes of the temporal evolution of the irregular mobility situation. Linking the prognosis about the expected time course of the irregular situation mobility and a corresponding context information about their causes and origins allows a high quality of forecasting coupled with high topicality and high coverage of information provided.