Selective information gathering system for multiple vehicles

A non-vehicle device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing machine-readable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the non-vehicle device to:
• receive observation data from a plurality of vehicles;
• determine that a first item of the observation data is similar to a second item of the observation data;
• and
• send instructions to a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, wherein sending the instructions to the vehicle results in one or more of the plurality of vehicles ceasing to send observation data to the non-vehicle device.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing machine-readable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the system to:
• receive observation data from a plurality of vehicles;
• aggregate the observation data into an aggregated data package by converting at least a first item of the observation data to a file format, wherein the file format is the same format as that of a second item of the observation data;
• determine that a first item of the aggregated data package is similar to another item of the aggregated data package;
• and
• send instructions to a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, wherein sending the instructions to the vehicle results in one or more of the plurality of vehicles ceasing to send observation data to the system.