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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2010
Wojciech Tomasz Nowak, Konstantynow Lodzki, PL;
Sven Coppens, Gentbrugge, BE;
Wojciech Tomasz Nowak, Konstantynow Lodzki, PL;
Sven Coppens, Gentbrugge, BE;
TOMTOM GLOBAL CONTENT B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A computerized method of creating map data from a plurality of trips where each trip comprises position data derived from the positions of at least one navigation device over a period of time, the method comprising using a processing circuitry to perform the following steps: i. processing the position data; ii. calculating, from the processing of the position data, trip terminal positions at which the navigation device started to generate positions and/or stopped generating positions and which provide an end point of a trip; iii. performing statistical analysis on the terminal positions in order to determine origin locations at which trips commonly terminate and/or originate; iv. generating further map data, which comprises the origin locations.