Crowdsourcing the collection of road surface information

A method of collecting road surface information for a road segment, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a camera, at least one image representative of a portion of the road segment;
• identifying in the at least one image at least one road surface feature along the portion of the road segment;
• determining a plurality of locations associated with the road surface feature according to a local coordinate system of the vehicle;
• and
• transmitting the determined plurality of locations from the vehicle to a server, wherein the determined locations are configured to enable determination by the server of a line representation of the road surface feature extending along the road segment, the line representation representing a path along the road segment substantially corresponding with the road surface feature.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processing device, cause the device to:

• receive, from a camera, at least one image representative of a portion of the road segment;
• identify in the at least one image at least one road surface feature along the portion of the road segment;
• determine a plurality of locations associated with the road surface feature according to a local coordinate system of the vehicle;
• and
• transmit the determined plurality of locations from the vehicle to a server, wherein the determined locations are configured to enable determination by the server of a line representation of the road surface feature extending along the road segment, the line representation representing a path along the road segment substantially corresponding with the road surface feature.