REVERSE GEOCODING SYSTEM USING COMBINED STREET SEGMENT AND POINT DATASETS
First Claim
1. In a reverse geocoding system, a method for processing a street segment dataset containing street segment data with ranges of addresses for street segments to determine an address for a particular location comprising the steps of:
- receiving a latitude and longitude of an input point into said system;
computing an interpolated address from the range of addresses of a closest street segment in a street segment dataset based on said entered latitude and longitude of said input point in relation to said range of addresses for said closest street segment;
entering into said system a squeeze distance and wherein said interpolated address is calculated from a range of addresses for said closest street segment excluding the squeeze distance at each end the end of said closest street segment; and
outputting said interpolated address from said closest street segment in said street segment dataset.
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Abstract
A reverse geocoding system and method processes a point level dataset and a street segment dataset to determine an address for a particular latitude and longitude of an input point entered into the system. A determination is made if the point level dataset contains a point level data address match to the entered latitude and longitude data within the closest street segment and without crossing the street segment. Any such point level data address match is output. When no such point level data address match is made, the system computes an interpolated address from a range of addresses of the closest street segment in the street segment dataset based on the entered latitude and longitude of the input point in relation to said range of addresses for the closest street segment. The interpolated address from the closest street segment in the street segment dataset is output.
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1. In a reverse geocoding system, a method for processing a street segment dataset containing street segment data with ranges of addresses for street segments to determine an address for a particular location comprising the steps of:
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receiving a latitude and longitude of an input point into said system; computing an interpolated address from the range of addresses of a closest street segment in a street segment dataset based on said entered latitude and longitude of said input point in relation to said range of addresses for said closest street segment; entering into said system a squeeze distance and wherein said interpolated address is calculated from a range of addresses for said closest street segment excluding the squeeze distance at each end the end of said closest street segment; and outputting said interpolated address from said closest street segment in said street segment dataset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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