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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
John Payyappillil John, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yatin Chawathe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nicholas Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chris Gonterman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ross Morgan-Linial, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.