Method and system for obtaining geographic data using navigation systems
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1. A method of obtaining data for a geographic database using a navigation system in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- collecting data identifying a desired destination and data indicating a position of said vehicle when the vehicle has just completed a trip; and
forwarding said data identifying said desired destination and data indicating the position of said vehicle when the vehicle has just completed a trip to a data collection facility; and
updating a geographic database to indicate that the position of the vehicle when the vehicle has just completed said trip corresponds to a location of the desired destination.
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Abstract
A system and method for collecting address data for a geographic database are disclosed. Data are collected using a plurality of end users navigation systems. The data indicate a location at which a trip by a vehicle in which a navigation system is located ended and a desired destination entered into the navigation system by an end user prior thereto. These data are received in a data collection facility that statistically analyzes the data and uses the data to update a geographic database.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining data for a geographic database using a navigation system in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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collecting data identifying a desired destination and data indicating a position of said vehicle when the vehicle has just completed a trip; and
forwarding said data identifying said desired destination and data indicating the position of said vehicle when the vehicle has just completed a trip to a data collection facility; and
updating a geographic database to indicate that the position of the vehicle when the vehicle has just completed said trip corresponds to a location of the desired destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
prior to the step of collecting, obtaining an indication whether the vehicle was being driven on a calculated route.
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3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:
prior to the step of collecting, obtaining data indicating a position of said vehicle when the vehicle has just completed a trip.
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4. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of collecting is performed by a program in said navigation system.
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5. The method of claim 4 wherein said program obtains data indicating a position of said vehicle when the vehicle has just completed a trip from a vehicle positioning application.
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6. The method of claim 4 wherein said program obtains data indicating whether the vehicle was being driven on a calculated route from a route guidance application.
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7. The method of claim 1 wherein the data identifying a desired destination is a street address.
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8. A method of obtaining address data for a geographic database using navigation systems in a plurality of vehicles comprising the steps of:
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collecting data from each of said plurality of vehicles wherein said data from each vehicle comprises data identifying a desired destination and data indicating a position of said vehicle when the vehicle has just completed a trip;
statistically analyzing said data collected from said plurality of vehicles; and
updating a master copy of a geographic database based upon said analyzing step to indicate that the position at which each of said plurality of vehicles when completing a trip corresponds to a location of the corresponding desired destination. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
distributing copies of the geographic database after the updating step.
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10. The method of claim 9 further wherein the copies of the geographic database are in a different format than a format of the master copy.
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11. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
after the updating step, distributing copies of the geographic database to said navigation systems in said plurality of vehicles.
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12. The method of claim 11 wherein the copies of the geographic database distributed to said navigation systems in said plurality of vehicles includes updated address data.
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13. The method of claim 8 wherein said step of collecting is performed using wireless transmission.
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14. A system for collecting address data for a geographic database comprising:
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a plurality of vehicles each having a navigation system into which a desired destination can be entered and a route calculated to said desired destination; and
a data collection program that collects data indicating said desired destination and data indicating a location of the vehicle when a trip to said desired destination is over; and
a central data collection facility that receives the data collected by the data collection programs in said plurality of vehicles and updates a master copy of a geographic database to indicate that the location of each of said plurality of vehicles when completing a trip corresponds to the location of the corresponding desired destination. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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