Tomtom North America, Inc.

Terry William Johnson

Peter Aloysius Moeykens

Patricia Jane Lawler

A location point determination apparatus comprises a geographic feature harvesting module () arranged to access and collect, when in use, geographic feature information associated with a predetermined named area datum. The apparatus also comprises a data assessment module () arranged to receive the geographic feature information collected by the geographic feature harvesting module and to evaluate from the geographic feature information collected in respect of at least one attribute of each geographic feature associated with the geographic feature information. The apparatus further comprises a selection module () arranged to select a geographic feature from the geographic features evaluated in accordance with a predetermined criterion associated with the evaluation of the geographic feature information.

Location point determination apparatus, map generation system, navigation apparatus and method of determining a location point

A geospatial object property assessment apparatus comprises a processing resource () arranged to support a geospatial object property processor () comprising a subject data source input () capable of receiving a first metadata associated with 10 quality of current source information content used to define a property () of a geospatial object; a resource data source input () capable of receiving a second metadata associated with quality of candidate resource information content for updating the definition of the property () of the geospatial object. The apparatus also comprises an assessment processor () operably coupled to the inputs (), the 15 assessment processor () being arranged to use the first metadata and the second metadata in accordance with a predetermined ruleset in order to determine whether the candidate resource information content constitutes a qualitatively better resource to define the property of the geospatial object than the current source information content.

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Terry William Johnson