Method and terminal unit for the spatial allocation of information referring to one location

A terminal unit comprising:

• a reference file and a program for carrying out a method for spatial allocation of information, which method includes the steps of sending the information from an information provider to the terminal unit together with location coordinate data which is associated with this information and which concerns the geographic coordinates of the location and with supplemental location data;
• carrying out an allocation of the information to a location in the terminal unit, based on a comparison of the transmitted location coordinate data relating to the information with location coordinate data in a reference file in the terminal unit;
• and based on a comparison of the transmitted supplemental location data relating to the information with supplemental location data in the reference file in the terminal unit;
• and storing the location coordinate data of the location in files of the information provider and in the terminal unit and sending the data from the information provider to the terminal unit as identification of a location to which transmitted information refers, the location coordinate data exactly designating the geographic coordinates of the location to every 10 to 500 m:
• storage means for storing the program and for the reference file;
• processor means for running the program;
• reception means for receiving information from an information provider;
• and
• a readout device for reading out a report to a user of the terminal unit.

A method for computer-aided generation of a reference file, a map file representing a traffic network and relating to locations of a predeterminable type, the method comprising the steps of:

• one of calculating and reading out from the map file the locations;
• one of determining and taking from the map file supplemental location data relating to a location;
• and
• determining the location coordinate data from geographic longitude and geographic latitude of the location with a predeterminable accuracy and filing the coordinate data together with the supplemental location data of the location in a target file.