NAVIGATION DATABASE CUSTOMIZATION

• US 20140372487A1
• Filed: 06/14/2013
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Pfeifle, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 10,169,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/793
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3807 characterised by the type of data
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/387 Organisation of map data, e.g. version management or database structures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3878 Hierarchical structures, e.g. layering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

Custom geographic databases are created by analyzing a geographic database to determine database structure elements. The database structure elements may involve road attributes or points of interest. Database structure elements are then selected to include in a customized geographic database. A customized geographic database is created that includes the selected database structure elements.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

analyzing, with a processor, a geographic database to determine database structure elements, wherein the database structure elements comprise road attributes or points of interest;

selecting database structure elements to include in a customized geographic database, wherein at least one database structure element is omitted from the customized geographic database; and

creating, with the processor, the customized geographic database, excluding the at least one database structure element omitted from the customized geographic database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic database comprises a compiled navigation database standard (NDS) or a map positioning engine (MPE) database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing metadata of the geographic database.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing the geographic database using a reflection technique.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the database structure elements comprise database attributes or database attribute combinations.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting database structure elements to a user using a graphical user interface (GUI), and wherein the selecting is performed using the GUI.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the modifying comprises compiling data of the geographic database into the customized geographic database in the form of a useable navigation database standard (NDS) or map positioning engine (MPE) database.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the selecting database structure elements to include in a customized geographic database comprises the use of at least one attribute package tailored for a specific use.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the database structure elements have a hierarchal structure comprising building blocks comprising attributes, and the presenting and selecting are constrained by the hierarchal structure.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a geographic database and a customized geographic database;

a processor configured to analyze the geographic database to determine database structure elements, wherein the database structure elements comprise road attributes or points of interest;

a display operable to present database structure elements to a user; and

an input device operable to allow the selection of at least one database structure element to include in the customized geographic database;

wherein the processor is further configured to modify the geographic database to create the customized database comprising the at least one selected database structure element.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the geographic database comprises a compiled navigation database standard (NDS) or a map positioning engine (MPE) database.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to analyze metadata of the geographic database to determine the database structure elements.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to analyze the geographic database using a reflection technique.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the database structure elements comprise database attributes or database attribute combinations.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the display is configured to present using a graphical user interface, and the input device is configured to select using the graphical user interface.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to modify the geographic database by compiling data of the geographic database into the customized geographic database in the form of a useable navigation database standard (NDS) or map positioning engine (MPE) database.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

a communication interface operable to communicate the customized geographic database to a mobile device.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the database structure elements have a hierarchal structure comprising building blocks, the building blocks comprising features, the features comprising attributes, and the presenting and selecting are constrained by the hierarchal structure.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that when executed are operable to cause a processor to:

analyze a geographic database to determine database structure elements, wherein the database structure elements comprise road attributes or points of interest;

select database structure elements to include in a customized geographic database; and

create the customized geographic database from the customized geographic database comprising the selected database structure elements.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the geographic database comprises a compiled navigation database standard (NDS) or a map positioning engine (MPE) database, and the customized geographic database is created by compiling data of the geographic database into the customized geographic database in the form of a useable NDS or MPE database.