Intelligent parking guidance system

A system for facilitating parking, comprising:

• a digital camera configured to provide a digital image of a plurality of parking spaces;
• an intelligent parking system, comprising one or more non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage mediums having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• detect the plurality of parking spaces contained in the digital image;
• create a database containing entries for each of the plurality of parking spaces contained in the digital image;
• determine which parking spaces in the plurality of parking spaces are unoccupied;
• receive, from a mobile device of a user, a request for an unoccupied parking space;
• calculate which unoccupied parking space in the plurality of parking spaces is located closest to the user;
• and
• transmit, to the mobile device of the user, graphical directions for use in navigating a vehicle of the user to the closest unoccupied parking space.