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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2001
Jeffrey M. Stefan, Clawson, MI (US);
Richard J. Kacel, Waterford, MI (US);
Daniel N. Aloi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system, a method and a computer usable medium including a program for generating navigation instructions for a vehicle. This may be done by determining a number of shape points between a set of primary maneuver points and determining whether the number of shape points exceeds a cardinal threshold; determining a great circle distance and a bearing between a first shape point and a second shape point, determining whether the bearing exceeds an angular threshold and eliminating the second shape point if it is determined that the bearing exceeds the angular threshold.