Patent ID: 8340360

Claim:
A method for automatically conflating vector data with geospatial data, said method comprising: identifying a first set of feature points associated with said vector data; identifying a second set of feature points associated with said geospatial data; generating control point pairs, wherein each of said control point pairs includes a distinct one of said first set of feature points and a corresponding distinct one of said second set of feature points; and deforming at least one of said vector data and said geospatial data to effectively align said control point pairs, wherein said second set of feature points are identified according to a method comprising: generating a template based upon at least one of said first set of feature points and line characteristics associated with said at least one of said first set of feature points; identifying geo-coordinates of said first set of feature points; identifying approximate locations within said geospatial data of each of said first set of feature points; generating a road-labeled image by identifying on-road regions of said geospatial data; and comparing said road-labeled image with said template to identify on-road regions in said road-labeled image which have effectively similar dimensions and angles, relative to an orientation of said vector data, as said template, said comparing resulting in said identifying of said second set of feature points.