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Image reacquisition

  • US 8,849,844 B1
  • Filed: 11/06/2013
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising one or more processors configured to:

  • estimate a rate of change for a geographic location using image data of the geographic location, wherein the rate of change identifies a frequency at which the geographic location is modified;

    determine an importance value for the geographic location that indicates an likelihood that the image data of the geographic location is current;

    determine observation bandwidth for one or more image providers at the geographic location based on the estimated rate of change and the determined importance value, wherein the observation bandwidth identifies a rate at which the image provider reacquires image data at the geographic location; and

    allocate the determined observation bandwidth by;

    grouping a plurality of geographic locations that have substantially the same estimated rate of change and substantially the same determined importance value;

    accessing a plurality of image providers each image provider of the plurality of image providers associated with at least one geographic location; and

    determining the same observation bandwidth for each image provider associated with geographic locations in the same group.

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