Tomtom Navigation B.v.

Tomtom Traffic B.v.

Falk Hueffner

Steffen Gunther Wiesner

Neil Clavin

Michael Marte

Massimo Guggino

Henning Hasemann

Alexander Kroeller

Timur Muraleev

A method of determining a parking route for a vehicle travelling on a road network within a geographic area is disclosed. A sub-network is determined comprising a subset of segments of an electronic map that are representative of roads within a predetermined walking time or distance of a destination location. Data indicative of a walking time or distance from the segment to the destination location is associated, at least with the segments of the sub-network representing roads having at least one associated parking space. A search algorithm having an associated cost function is used to explore the segments of the sub-network from an origin location to identify a plurality of candidate parking routes, wherein the cost for a given parking route is based on the probability of the vehicle successfully finding a parking space on the parking route and the expected cumulative travel and walking time or distance to the destination location should a parking space be found along the parking route.

Methods and systems for generating parking routes

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Berlin, Germany

Falk Hueffner