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METHOD, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND SERVER FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION IN A DIGITAL MAP DATABASE

  • US 20100106397A1
  • Filed: 04/06/2007
  • Published: 04/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for determining a location in a first digital map database based on a query, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request including a query for a first location;

    searching for the first location in the first digital map database based upon the received query;

    searching, upon the first location not being found within the first digital map database, for the first location in a second digital map database; and

    searching in the second digital map database, upon the first location being found within the second digital map database, for a second location proximate to the first location, the second location being included in the first digital map database; and

    providing, upon the second location being found, the second location as a response to the query.

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