Patent ID: 8577596

Claim:
A method for establishing quality parameters for a digital map, the method having the steps: detecting a position of a vehicle; detecting a current measured value of an attribute of the position; extracting a stored value of the attribute of the position of the vehicle from the digital map; transmitting the measured value and the extracted stored value as a value pair to an evaluation unit; and generating, with the evaluation unit, a quality parameter of the attribute of the position on the basis of the value pair; and. evaluating, by a driver assistance system located in the vehicle, an information item of the digital map by comparing the quality parameter to a quality limiting value; wherein the driver assistance system located in the vehicle: uses the information item for controlling the vehicle when the comparison indicates that the quality parameter is greater than the quality limiting value, and does not use the information item for controlling the vehicle when the comparison indicates that the quality parameter is less than or equal to the quality limiting value.