Method, apparatus, and computer program product for establishing reliability of crowd sourced data

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising program code instructions configured to:

• receive map data for a network of roads in a geographic area;
• receive location accuracy data from different regions within the geographic area, wherein the location accuracy data for each region is indicative of an accuracy with which a location is able to be established in the respective region;
• receive a plurality of probe data points, each probe data point received from a probe apparatus of a plurality of probe apparatuses, each probe apparatus comprising one or more sensors and being onboard a respective vehicle, wherein each probe data point comprises location information associated with the respective probe apparatus;
• determine, for each probe data point, the location accuracy data associated with the location information associated with the respective probe apparatus;
• determine, for each probe apparatus, a reliability of the one or more sensors;
• and
• update a map database based on at least one probe data point from the plurality of probe data points in response to the at least one probe data point satisfying a predetermined value for location accuracy data associated with the location information associated with the respective probe apparatus and the reliability of the one or more sensors of the respective probe apparatus satisfying a reliability value.

A method comprising:

• receiving map data for a network of roads in a geographic area;
• receiving location accuracy data from different regions within the geographic area, wherein the location accuracy data for each region is indicative of an accuracy with which a location is able to be established in the respective region;
• receiving a plurality of probe data points, each probe data point received from a probe apparatus of a plurality of probe apparatuses, each probe apparatus comprising one or more sensors and being onboard a respective vehicle, wherein each probe data point comprises location information associated with the respective probe apparatus;
• determining, for each probe data point, the location accuracy data associated with the location information associated with the respective probe apparatus;
• determining, for each probe apparatus, a reliability of the one or more sensors;
• and
• updating a map database based on at least one probe data point from the plurality of probe data points in response to the at least one probe data point satisfying a predetermined value for location accuracy data associated with the location information associated with the respective probe apparatus and the reliability of the one or more sensors of the respective probe apparatus satisfying a reliability value.