Tomtom Global Content B.v.

Cornelis Pieter Schuerman

Peter Foeke De Bakker

Krzysztof Miksa

Michal Dominik Rosikiewicz

The present disclosure generally relates to a methods and systems for compensating for changes in the absolute position of locations with respect to the Earth's surface which occur over time due to crustal dynamics. The invention is particularly, although not exclusively, concerned with such compensation in the context of methods using digital map data, for example, methods of localization of a vehicle.

Methods and systems using digital map data

Disclosed herein is a technique for processing map change data in a map client that uses the map changes to apply changes and updates to current map data. The map client provides the updated map data to other components in an autonomous vehicle. The map change data describes the processing in the map client to obtain updated map data from the map data.

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Veldhoven, Netherlands

Cornelis Pieter Schuerman