Method and apparatus for creating map data

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PATENT NO 9846053
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14761650

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A method of creating map data for enhancing a digital map having a plurality of navigable segments representing a network of navigable segments by applying point locations to the map which correspond to individual events on the network; generating a heat map representing the concentrations of events according to a selected distribution function; applying a threshold calculation to the heat map to identify one or more zones, on the network having a high concentration of events; and associating the or each zone with at least one segment in the digital map.

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TOMTOM DEVELOPMENT GERMANY GMBHMAXIMILIANALLEE 4 LEIPIZIG D-04129

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Schmidt, Gunnar Berlin, DE 61 409
van, der Laan Antoine Carl Lelystad, NL 9 59

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