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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Sara B. Rossio, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher S. Wiklund, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Aaron J. Dannenbring, Chicago, IL (US);
Eriv Van Rooij, Raamsdonksveer, NL;
Deepesh Srivastava, Aurora, IL (US);
Sara B. Rossio, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher S. Wiklund, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Aaron J. Dannenbring, Chicago, IL (US);
Eriv van Rooij, Raamsdonksveer, NL;
Deepesh Srivastava, Aurora, IL (US);
Navteq B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of collecting data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A feature visible from a road segment is identified. A guidance feature point object is defined at a location at the road segment where the identified feature is most visibly prominent. Additionally, an importance rating and a preferred name for the identified feature are determined. Data representing the guidance feature point object, importance rating and the preferred name are stored in the geographic database on a computer readable medium.