Parking lot mapping system

A parking lot mapping system, comprising:

• a location system configured to determine a position of a vehicle;
• a controller on board a vehicle, and being programmed to determine that the vehicle is in a parking lot based on a parking event;
• and
• a transmitter on board the vehicle, the transmitter being configured to transmit data including the parking event and the position of the vehicle, so as to cause a remote controller to calculate a parking lot route based the data transmitted, including the position of the vehicle.

A parking lot mapping system, comprising:

• a location system configured to determine a position of a vehicle;
• a transmitter on board the vehicle, the transmitter configured to transmit data including a detected parking event and the position of the vehicle;
• a receiver configured to receive the data transmitted from the vehicle;
• a storage device configured to store the data received by the receiver;
• and
• a controller programmed to determine that the vehicle is in a parking lot based on the parking event and to calculate a parking lot route based on the data including the position of each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles.