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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Tomtom International B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Pieter Andreas Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Stichting Mapcode Foundation, Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method for assigning identifiers to geographic locations within digital map data, comprising selecting a region within the map data, dividing the region into a first plurality of cells each uniquely addressable by an identifier of a first length, selecting a portion of the region and dividing the portion into a second plurality of cells each uniquely addressable by an identifier of a second length, wherein the second length is shorter length than the first length and a geographic location within the portion of the region may be uniquely identified by an identifier of the first length and an identifier of the second length.