Patent ID: 7127352

Claim:
A method for updating map data comprising the steps of: receiving first data from a storage component in response to a first request that comprises first location information associated with a geographic location, wherein the first data comprises first geo-coordinates; generating a first map, that comprises a representation of the geographic location, based on the first data; determining local geographical data that is distinct from the first data and associated with the geographic location for the first map; determining second geo-coordinates of the local geographical data for inclusion on said first map; storing the local geographical data in the storage component; performing a rules-based comparison of the first geo-coordinates with the second geo-coordinates; receiving second data, that comprises the local geographic data, from the storage component in response to a second request that comprises second location information that is associated with the geographic location; and generating a second map, that comprises the local geographic data and the representation of the geographic location, based on the second data.