Systems and methods for constructing a road network in an environment

A system for interpreting navigation features provided by a user for constructing a road network autonomously navigable for at least one self-driving vehicle, the system comprising:

• the at least one self-driving vehicle operable to autonomously navigate the road network;
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• a processor operable to:
• receive the navigation features provided by the user for an environment, the navigation features comprising at least one navigable path and one or more navigation constraints for the environment;
• evaluate the navigable features based at least on one or more vehicle properties of a self-driving vehicle to construct the road network for the self-driving vehicle, comprising:
• decomposing the at least one navigable path into one or more path segments and one or more intersections based on the one or more navigation constraints provided by the user;
• generating one or more operational paths for the self-driving vehicle by adapting each path segment and each intersection to accommodate for the one or more vehicle properties of the self-driving vehicle;
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• constructing the road network for the self-driving vehicle with the one or more operational paths;
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• operate the self-driving vehicle to collect environmental data while autonomously navigating the environment for updating the road network.