Method for providing vehicle-trajectory information and method for locating a pothole

An apparatus for providing vehicle-trajectory information, comprising:

• a device configured to perform the following:
• reading in a first item of vehicle-trajectory information which represents a first movement of a first vehicle at a position;
• reading in at least one second item of vehicle-trajectory information which represents a second movement of the first vehicle or of a second vehicle at the position;
• comparing the first item of vehicle-trajectory information to at least one item of reference-trajectory information, to determine a first item of pothole information;
• comparing the second item of vehicle-trajectory information to the at least one item of reference-trajectory information, in order to determine a second item of pothole information;
• and
• providing locating information which indicates a position of a located pothole, if the first pothole information and the second pothole information indicate a pothole.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program, which is executable by a processor to cause a method for providing vehicle-trajectory information to be performed, the method comprising:

• reading in a first item of vehicle-trajectory information which represents a first movement of a first vehicle at a position;
• reading in at least one second item of vehicle-trajectory information which represents a second movement of the first vehicle or of a second vehicle at the position;
• comparing the first item of vehicle-trajectory information to at least one item of reference-trajectory information, to determine a first item of pothole information;
• comparing the second item of vehicle-trajectory information to the at least one item of reference-trajectory information, in order to determine a second item of pothole information;
• and
• providing locating information which indicates a position of a located pothole, if the first pothole information and the second pothole information indicate a pothole.