Method and apparatus for utilizing an unmanned air vehicle to define or provide guidance along a route

An apparatus configured to define a bicycle route for a bicyclist, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

• accessing a map database that represents road segments in a geographic area, wherein the map database contains map data that indicates attributes of the road segments;
• defining the bicycle route from an origin to a destination based upon the map data indicative of attributes of the road segments, wherein defining the bicycle route comprises defining the bicycle route to include one or more road segments that allow bicycle traffic unaccompanied by an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and one or more road segments for which bicycle traffic is unauthorized unless accompanied by the UAV;
• and
• providing the bicycle route to the bicyclist or a device accessible to the bicyclist,
• wherein the UAV comprises an image capture system configured to capture an image of a vehicle proximate the bicyclist in response to a determination that a speed of the vehicle exceeds a determined threshold or that a distance between the vehicle and the bicyclist is less than a defined separation distance.