Vehicle routing guidance to an authoritative location for a point of interest

A computer program product for providing vehicle routing guidance to a point of interest, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and including instructions that when executed cause a processor to carry out steps comprising:

• receiving, by at least one processor from a plurality of data sources, at least three candidate locations for a point of interest, at least one of the received candidate locations located on a first side of a road segment and a greater number of candidate locations located on a second side of the road segment;
• identifying a consensus group including a plurality of candidate locations, no candidate in the consensus group located across a road segment from any other candidate in the consensus group;
• selecting one of the candidates in the consensus group as an authoritative candidate for the location of the point of interest;
• and
• providing vehicle routing guidance to the point of interest.

A system for providing vehicle routing guidance to a point of interest, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a data normalizer module, executed by the processor, configured to receive from a plurality of data sources at least three candidate locations for a point of interest, at least one of the received candidate locations located on a first side of a road segment and a greater number of candidate locations located on a second side of the road segment;
• a point-of-interest location determine engine, executed by the processor, configured to:
• identify a consensus group of a plurality of candidate locations, no candidate in the consensus group located across a road segment from any other candidate in the consensus group;
• and
• select one of the candidates in the consensus group as an authoritative candidate for the location of the point of interest;
• and
• a navigation subsystem, coupled to the POI location determination engine, adapted to provide vehicle routing guidance to the point of interest.

A computer-implemented method for providing vehicle routing guidance to a point of interest, comprising:

• receiving, by at least one processor from a plurality of data sources, at least three candidate locations for a point of interest, at least one of the received candidate locations located on a first side of a road segment and a greater number of candidate locations located on a second side of the road segment;
• identifying a consensus group of a plurality of candidate locations, the consensus group located on the second side of the road segment;
• selecting one of the candidates in the consensus group as an authoritative candidate for the point of interest;
• rendering a map of an area surrounding the point of interest, the authoritative candidate rendered on the map;
• and
• providing vehicle routing guidance to the point of interest.