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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2020
Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Henri Jaakko Julius Nurminen, Tampere, FI;
Pavel Ivanov, Tampere, FI;
Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Tampere, FI;
HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method is provided that includes obtaining one or more pieces of crowd-sourced information. A respective crowd-sourced information is at least indicative of a location at which the respective crowd-sourced information was gathered. The method determines a set of tiles at least partially based on the one or more geographical areas. For at least one tile, the method obtains one or more pieces of fingerprint information comprised by the one or more pieces of crowd-sourced information that were gathered within the respective area of the respective tile and determines an area type and/or context information indicative of a type of venue located within the respective tile and/or context the respective area of the respective tile is used for. The area type and/or context information is determined at least partially based on the one or more pieces of fingerprint information. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.