A system and method for describing local area geo-reference features and
landmarks in providing high resolution asset location information.
Geo-image data is integrated to a mapping application and geo-reference
data to add more detailed scale levels to the map. The geo-image data
includes geo-images and its features to provide more detailed references
to the asset and support the larger references of the geo-reference data.
To describe a geo-reference landmark, an original landmark representation
is selected with a center point and a radius. The asset location points
located at the original landmark representation are compiled along with
the asset location points generated by events occurring at the landmark
to create a point set. The point set replaces the original landmark
representation when a prescribed number of points is reached. The asset
location points that are within a specified distance from any of the
points in the point set are added to the point set to complete the
landmark representation. The geo-image data and landmark representation
data are combined to provide high resolution asset location information.