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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2001
Gene Halt, Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin Cherveny, Wilmington, IL (US);
Navigation Technologies Corp., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A feature provided by a data collection system that can be used by a database researcher is disclosed. As the database researcher travels through a geographic area and observes geographic features (such as roads), the database researcher uses the data collection system to collect and store data that represent attributes of the geographic features. The data collection system includes a feature whereby the database researcher can define a profile of one or more attributes of one or more geographic features. The profile is stored in a memory of the data collection system. Then, as the database researcher travels through the geographic area and new geographic features are encountered, the data collection system automatically applies these attributes to each new geographic feature, thereby eliminating the need on the part of the database researcher to separately specify each attribute of a newly encountered geographic feature. If the database researcher determines that the attributes in the stored profile are not appropriate for a geographic feature, the database researcher can override the profile attributes and store the appropriate attributes.