Method, navigation device, and server for determining a location in a digital map database
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1. Method for determining, by a processor, a location in a first digital map database based on a query, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the processor, a request including a query for a first location;
searching, by the processor, for the first location in the first digital map database-based upon the received query;
searching, by the processor, upon the first location not being found within the first digital map database, for the first location in a second digital map database;
searching, by the processor, 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, by the processor, upon the second location being found, the second location as a response to the query.
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Abstract
A method is described for locating a destination in a digital map database using a query. If the query does not find the destination, the method queries a second, more recently updated, database for the destination. If a destination is found in second database, then the location of the destination that was found is used to find a destination in the original database that is nearby to the location of the destination found in second database.
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1. Method for determining, by a processor, a location in a first digital map database based on a query, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the processor, a request including a query for a first location; searching, by the processor, for the first location in the first digital map database-based upon the received query; searching, by the processor, upon the first location not being found within the first digital map database, for the first location in a second digital map database; searching, by the processor, 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, by the processor, upon the second location being found, the second location as a response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. Server for determining a location in a first digital map database based on a query, the server comprising:
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a second digital map database stored in a memory associated with the server; at least one communication device to communicate with remote devices, wherein the server is arranged to; receive a request including a query for a first location via the at least one communication device, the first location not being included within the first digital map database, search for the first location in a second digital map database, the second digital map database being stored in the memory associated with the server, and search, upon the first location being found in the second digital map database, search for a second location proximate to the first location, the second location being included within the first digital map database.
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