Patent ID: 8898002

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving geo-location data from a plurality of geo-location data collectors, at least one of the plurality of geo-location data collectors being in data communication with an in-vehicle geo-location data source, at least one of the plurality of geo-location data collectors being in data communication with a geo-location data source in a mobile device; collecting reliability data corresponding to one or more of a plurality of geo-location data sources corresponding to the plurality of geo-location data collectors; collecting map data including information related to geographical features associated with the geo-location data; identifying, by use of a data processor and a first action processor, the geo-location data from a particular one of the plurality of geo-location data collectors based on the reliability data and the map data to produce a single resulting best fit geo-location fix; aggregating, by use of the data processor and a second action processor, the geo-location data from the plurality of geo-location data collectors based on the reliability data and the map data to produce a single resulting composite geo-location fix, the aggregating including combining the geo-location data from a plurality of geo-location data collectors to produce the single resulting composite geo-location fix representing an aggregate geo-location fix derived from multiple geo-location data collectors; and using pre-configured data to select either the resulting best fit geo-location fix or the resulting composite geo-location fix.