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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Here Global B.v., Veldhoven, SE;
Inventors:
William Gale, Oak Park, IL (US);
Nicholas Sula, Veldhoven, NL;
Assignee:
HERE GLOBAL B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for formulating a positioning extent for map matching. The positioning extent platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of a plurality of position data points acquired by at least one positioning system to determine one or more variations in the plurality of position data points with respect to one or more thoroughfare segments. Next, the positioning extent platform determines one or more positioning extents associated with the one or more thoroughfare segments for the at least one positioning system based, at least in part, on the one or more variations.