Processing spatial features

A data processing system including a processor and associated memory, said data processing system being operable to update a database of spatial features, said spatial features being associated with a region, and said data processing system being programmed to perform a method of:

• receiving positioning data that has been collected at a plurality of locations within the region;
• processing the collected positioning data to identify at least one candidate spatial feature associated with the region;
• identifying at least one other spatial feature corresponding to said at least one candidate spatial feature, said at least one other spatial feature and said at least one candidate spatial feature as a whole constituting matching spatial features;
• processing said matching spatial features;
• and
• updating the database of spatial features in dependence on the processing of said matching spatial features.

A non-transitory computer readable carrier storing computer program code for causing a data processing system to update a database of spatial features, said spatial features being associated with a region, said data processing system including a processor and associated memory, and the computer program code, when stored in said memory and executed by said processor, causing said data processing system to perform a method of:

• receiving positioning data that has been collected at a plurality of locations within the region;
• processing the collected positioning data to identify at least one candidate spatial feature associated with the region;
• identifying at least one other spatial feature corresponding to said at least one candidate spatial feature, said at least one other spatial feature and said at least one candidate spatial feature as a whole constituting matching spatial features;
• processing said matching spatial features;
• and
• updating the database of spatial features in dependence on the processing of said matching spatial features.