Report Generation for a Navigation-Related Database

Abstract

Systems, devices, features, and methods for updating a geographic database, such as a navigation-related database, and/or reporting discrepancies associated with geographic data of the geographic database are disclosed. For example, one method comprises capturing a photograph of an observed geographic feature in a geographic region. Comment information corresponding to the observed geographic feature may be stored. The comment information is indicative of a discrepancy between the observed geographic feature and the geographic data corresponding to the geographic region. The comment information may be associated with the photograph to generate a report, and the report is transmitted.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 providing, by a navigation device, a navigation related service including geographic data from a geographic database;   receiving, at the navigation device, an indication of a perceived discrepancy between a geographic feature and the geographic data from the geographic database;   capturing image data collected at a position in the vicinity of the perceived discrepancy;   generating, by the navigation device, location data associated with the position of the image data;   receiving comment data textually describing the perceived discrepancy;   generating, at the navigation device, a report including the image data, the location data, and the comment data; and   sending the report including the image data, the location data, and the comment data to a map developer for the geographic database.