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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Terry William Johnson, Grantham, NH (US);
Terry William Johnson, Grantham, NH (US);
TomTom North America, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Abstract
A location point determination apparatus comprises a geographic feature harvesting module () arranged to access and collect, when in use, geographic feature information associated with a predetermined named area datum. The apparatus also comprises a data assessment module () arranged to receive the geographic feature information collected by the geographic feature harvesting module and to evaluate from the geographic feature information collected in respect of at least one attribute of each geographic feature associated with the geographic feature information. The apparatus further comprises a selection module () arranged to select a geographic feature from the geographic features evaluated in accordance with a predetermined criterion associated with the evaluation of the geographic feature information.