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Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sanehiro Furuichi, Setagaya-ku, JP;

Shoichiro Wantanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Yasutaka Nishimura, Yamato, JP;

Kenichi Takasaki, Shibuya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer system provides navigation services. Route data is processed to extract a plurality of routes, wherein each route comprises a plurality of links and nodes. A partition layer is generated for a map including the plurality of links and nodes of the routes, wherein the partition layer comprises a plurality of meshes each containing links and nodes of the map. A context is processed to remove invalid links and nodes from the map based on the context. The partition layer is updated by merging a subset of the plurality of meshes in response to the removal of the invalid links and nodes. A navigation service is provided for the plurality of routes based on the updated partition layer of the map. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing navigation services in substantially the same manner described above.


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