Location data correction service for connected vehicles

A computer program product included in at least one onboard vehicle computer of an operation center that includes a set of sensor rich vehicles, the computer program product comprising computer code that is operable, when executed by the onboard vehicle computer, to cause the onboard vehicle computer to provide a location data correction service by executing steps including:

• receiving, by the operation center via a serverless ad-hoc vehicular network, a first wireless message that includes legacy location data that describes a geographic location of a legacy vehicle, wherein the set of sensor rich vehicles and the legacy vehicle are connected vehicles;
• causing a rich sensor set included in the operation center to record sensor data describing geographic locations of objects in a roadway environment that includes the set of sensor rich vehicles and the legacy vehicles, wherein the objects whose geographic locations are described include the set of sensor rich vehicles and the legacy vehicle and wherein the sensor data is more accurate than the legacy location data for describing the geographic location of the legacy vehicle;
• determining correction data that describes a variance between the geographic location of the legacy vehicle as described by the sensor data and the legacy location data;
• and
• transmitting, as fulfillment of the location data correction service by the operation center, a second wireless message to the legacy vehicle, wherein the second wireless message includes the correction data so that the legacy vehicle receives a benefit by correcting the legacy location data to minimize the variance.

A system included in an operation center that includes a set of sensor rich vehicles, the system operable to provide a location data correction service and comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the non-transitory memory stores executable code that is operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to:
• receive, by the operation center via a serverless ad-hoc vehicular network, a first wireless message that includes legacy location data that describes a geographic location of a legacy vehicle, wherein the set of sensor rich vehicles and the legacy vehicle are connected vehicles;
• cause a rich sensor set included in the operation center to record sensor data describing geographic locations of objects in a roadway environment that includes the set of sensor rich vehicles and the legacy vehicles, wherein the objects whose geographic locations are described include the set of sensor rich vehicles and the legacy vehicle and wherein the sensor data is more accurate than the legacy location data for describing the geographic location of the legacy vehicle;
• determine correction data that describes a variance between the geographic location of the legacy vehicle as described by the sensor data and the legacy location data;
• and
• transmit, as fulfillment of the location data correction service by the operation center, a second wireless message to the legacy vehicle, wherein the second wireless message includes the correction data so that the legacy vehicle receives a benefit by correcting the legacy location data to minimize the variance.