Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system
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1. A method of collecting data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system comprising:
- identifying a pedestrian segment associated with a path;
collecting a text description of said pedestrian segment, wherein said text description includes one of a predetermined number of phrases and a name of at least one feature visible from a location of said segment; and
storing data in said geographic database that represent said pedestrian segment.
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Abstract
A method for collecting geographic data for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A pedestrian segment associated with a path is identified. A text description of the pedestrian segment is collected. The text description includes one of a predetermined number of phrases and a name of at least one feature visible from a location of the pedestrian segment. Data representing the pedestrian segment is stored in the geographic database.
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1. A method of collecting data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system comprising:
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identifying a pedestrian segment associated with a path; collecting a text description of said pedestrian segment, wherein said text description includes one of a predetermined number of phrases and a name of at least one feature visible from a location of said segment; and storing data in said geographic database that represent said pedestrian segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of collecting data for a geographic database comprising:
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collecting a name of a path in a geographic region, wherein said name is a name of at least one feature other than said path visible from a location of said path; and storing data in said geographic database that represent said path. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A geographic database that represents features in a geographic region, said geographic database comprising:
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data representing a path in said geographic region, wherein said data representing said path comprising; data representing a name of at least one feature other than said path visible from a location on said path; and data representing one of a predetermined number of phrases associated with said name of said visible feature;
wherein said geographic database is stored on a computer readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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