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System and method for updating a geographic database using satellite imagery

  • US 8,078,572 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2008
  • Issued: 12/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for identifying corrections for a geographic database comprising:

  • an error reporting program run on a server allowing an end user of the geographic database to submit a report of a perceived error in how data contained in the geographic database represents a geographic feature, wherein the report by the end user indicates a geographic location of the perceived error,a report database storing the report submitted by the end user,a computer workstation capable of obtaining and evaluating the report, wherein a satellite image containing the geographic feature of the report is presented on a display of the computer workstation, while the satellite image is presented on the display, presenting the geographic feature as represented by data contained in the geographic database on the display, wherein the satellite image is analyzed to determine a correction to the data that represents the geographic feature; and

    a master copy of the geographic database, wherein the correction is used to update the master copy of the geographic database.

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