Creation of a geofence based on movement data and a digital map

A computer product comprising:

• at least one data processing device;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media including program code, stored on the computer-readable media, for carrying out a method for automatically creating a geofence when the program code is executed on the at least one data processing device, the method comprising:
• detecting a starting position:
• transferring the starting position to a digital map;
• automatically creating an area object on the digital map including automatically generating the area object on the map on the basis of map contents, the area object comprising the starting position, wherein the step of automatically generating the area object on the map on the basis of map contents comprises:
• detecting a map colour at the starting position;
• detecting a first delimitation point of the area object by detecting the change in colour of the map on the basis of the map colour at the starting position:
• detecting at least one further delimitation point of the area object by detecting the change in colour of the map on the basis of the map colour at the starting position at a predefined distance from the respective previous delimitation point, and
• generating the area object by connecting the delimitation points;
• detecting movement data of at least one movable object in the region of the area object, wherein the movement data in addition to a position comprise a speed and/or a movement direction of the respective movable object;
• and
• automatically reducing the area object to form the geofence, on the basis of the movement data.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising a computer-executable program of instructions including program code for carrying out a method for automatically creating a geofence when the computer-executable program of instructions is executed on at least one data processing device, the method comprising:

• detecting a starting position:
• transferring the starting position to a digital map;
• automatically creating an area object on the digital map including automatically generating the area object on the map on the basis of map contents, the area object comprising the starting position, wherein the step of automatically generating the area object on the map on the basis of map contents comprises:
• detecting a map colour at the starting position;
• detecting a first delimitation point of the area object by detecting the change in colour of the map on the basis of the map colour at the starting position;
• detecting at least one further delimitation point of the area object by detecting the change in colour of the map on the basis of the map colour at the starting position at a Predefined distance from the respective previous delimitation point, and
• generating the area object by connecting the delimitation points;
• detecting movement data of at least one movable object in the region of the area object, wherein the movement data in addition to a position comprise a speed and/or a movement direction of the respective movable object;
• and
• automatically reducing the area object to form the geofence, on the basis of the movement data.