A method for operating a navigation system that executes a navigation
application software program to provide a navigation-related feature is
provided. The method comprises identifying that the navigation
application software program uses both updated geographic data and
un-updated geographic data from a geographic database associated with
said navigation system. The un-updated geographic data has an associated
date or version different from the updated geographic data. The method
further comprises providing a report indicating that an inconsistency
between the updated geographic data and the un-updated geographic data
may exist. The method may further include identifying the inconsistency
between the updated geographic data and the un-updated geographic data.