Patent Document ID: 8880568
Application ID: 12335687
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for updating a geographic database that includes geographic data for navigation-related services, the method comprising: providing, via a user device, an indication of a real-world geographic feature in a geographic region that is associated with a perceived discrepancy; capturing, via a camera of the user device, a photograph of the real-world geographic feature; storing comment information corresponding to the real-world geographic feature, the comment information indicative of an observed discrepancy between the real-world geographic feature and the geographic data corresponding to the geographic region; determining geographic position data of a location of the camera capturing the photograph; determining an estimation of a distance between the real-world geographic feature captured in the photograph and the geographic position data of the location of the camera capturing said photograph; associating the comment information and the geographic position data with the photograph to generate a report; and transmitting the report including the photograph, the geographic position data, and the comment information, wherein the perceived discrepancy comprises a perceived lack of information in the geographic data corresponding to the geographic region, and wherein the perceived lack of information comprises a missing feature in the geographic data.