Patent ID: 8838386
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G01C,G08G,G09B

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying a location of a road segment in digital maps, the digital maps including a first digital map and a second digital map, wherein the location of the road segment is identified on the second digital map which is prepared by a different provider from the first digital map or is prepared by a same provider as the first digital map and is in a different scaling from the first digital map, the system comprising: the transmitting apparatus that has the first digital map and transmits the location information which indicates the road segment on the first digital map to the receiving apparatus; wherein the location information including: coordinates information which indicates a list of coordinates of points on the road segment, distance information including a distance from a start point of the road segment on the first digital map to a location where a traffic event occurred on the road segment on the first digital map, the receiving apparatus that has the second digital map, the second digital map showing the road segment at a different location from the first digital map, wherein after the receiving apparatus receives the location information from the transmitting apparatus, the receiving apparatus identifies the different location of the road segment shown on the second digital map by using the coordinates information included in the location information, and identifies the location of the traffic event on the road segment on the second digital map by using the distance from the start point to the location where the traffic event occurred.