Method and system for cross-referencing and deduplicating objects in multiple map building blocks

A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for enriching the content in a digital map by integrating data in the form of building blocks from one or more sources into a digital map, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

• integrating a supplemental building block containing at least one digitized geocoded object attribute pertaining to an attribute of an object in reality into a digital map stored on a computer, said digital map containing digitized information including at least one building block containing a digitized geocoded object attribute corresponding to the same object attribute in reality;
• identifying the geocoded object attributes from respective building blocks that correspond to the same object attribute in reality;
• assigning a priority value for each identified geocoded object attribute;
• comparing the priority values to one another;
• selecting the one geocoded object attribute from among the plurality of identified geocoded object attributes that has the highest priority value for use by a digital map or navigation application;
• and
• storing, in the digital map, cross reference information identifying the identified geocoded object attributes and preference information identifying the selected one geocoded object attribute.

An electronic computing device comprising:

• a processor arranged to:
• integrate a supplemental building block containing at least one digitized geocoded object pertaining to an object in reality into a digital map stored on a computer, said digital map containing digitized information including at least one building block containing a digitized geocoded object corresponding to the same object in reality;
• identify the geocoded objects from respective building blocks that correspond to the same object in reality;
• assign a priority value for each identified geocoded object;
• compare the priority values to one another;
• select the one geocoded object from among the plurality of identified geocoded objects that has the highest priority value for use by a digital map or navigation application;
• and
• store, in the digital map, cross reference information identifying the identified geocoded objects and preference information identifying the selected one geocoded object.

An electronic computing device comprising:

• a processor arranged to:
• integrate a supplemental building block containing at least one digitized geocoded object attribute pertaining to an attribute of an object in reality into a digital map stored on a computer, said digital map containing digitized information including at least one building block containing a digitized geocoded object attribute corresponding to the same object attribute in reality;
• identify the geocoded object attributes from respective building blocks that correspond to the same object attribute in reality;
• assign a priority value for each identified geocoded object attribute;
• compare the priority values to one another;
• select the one geocoded object attribute from among the plurality of identified geocoded object attributes that has the highest priority value for use by a digital map or navigation application;
• and
• store, in the digital map, cross reference information identifying the identified geocoded object attributes and preference information identifying the selected one geocoded object attribute.