METHOD OF GENERATING IMPROVED MAP DATA FOR USE IN NAVIGATION DEVICES
First Claim
1. Map data suitable for use with an electronic navigation device, the map data being structured to (i) enable an end-user to input a correction to the map data, directly on the device;
- and (ii) to allow use of the correction without processing of the correction external to the device.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, an end-user can input a correction to a map error, directly on the device. The device is then able to use the correction without external processing of the correction. Hence, it is no longer necessary for an end-user to simply report errors to the map vendor over a web link, then wait for that map vendor to verify the error, update its maps and finally supply the end-user with updates—a cycle that can take months and sometimes years to complete. Instead, in one example embodiment, the navigation device can use the correction immediately. End-users can also share correction with other end-users and also with a shared remote server that aggregates, validates and distributes corrections.
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1. Map data suitable for use with an electronic navigation device, the map data being structured to (i) enable an end-user to input a correction to the map data, directly on the device;
- and (ii) to allow use of the correction without processing of the correction external to the device.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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