System and method for geocoding

Abstract

The method for determining a geographic identifier including: determining a location description; determining parcel data; determining a georeferenced image based on the location description; generating a set of image features using the georeferenced image; optionally determining a built structure class; identifying a location of interest within the georeferenced image based on the set of features; determining a geographic identifier associated with the location of interest based on the image georeference; associating the geographic identifier with the location description; optionally returning the geographic identifier in response to the location description comprising an address; and optionally returning an address in response to the location description comprising a geographic coordinates.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 determining a georeferenced parcel image for a property parcel associated with a set of location descriptions;   determining a set of image features, each associated with a built structure class, within the georeferenced parcel image;   for each image feature in the set, determining a location of interest within the image feature; and   storing an association between the locations of interest and the set of location descriptions.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each image feature is segmented from the georeferenced parcel image using instance-based segmentation. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the georeferenced parcel image is a segment of a remote image. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising determining the georeferenced parcel image by aligning a georeferenced property parcel with the remote image, based on the respective georeferences. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the remote image comprises a plurality of parcels, each associated with a set of location descriptions, wherein the method is repeated for each parcel of the plurality. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the georeferenced parcel image is determined based on a parcel boundary associated with the property parcel, wherein the parcel boundary is retrieved from a database. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the georeferenced parcel image is determined based on a parcel boundary associated with the property parcel, wherein the parcel boundary is determined from the georeferenced parcel image using a machine learning algorithm. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the set of location descriptions is associated with a parcel identifier for the property parcel. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the set of location descriptions comprise multiple location descriptions, wherein storing the association comprises storing an association between a single location of interest and each location description in the set. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising selecting a primary image feature from the set based on the associated built structure class; wherein the set of location descriptions is associated with the location of interest for the primary image feature. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the set of location descriptions comprises an address; and wherein each location of interest comprises geographic coordinates. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, for each image feature, determining the built structure class associated with the image feature, wherein the built structure class is retrieved from a database. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising determining a count of the image features and storing the count in association with the property parcel. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the location of interest comprises a geometric centroid of the image feature. 
     
     
         15 . A method, comprising:
 determining a set of location descriptions associated with a property parcel;   determining a set of image features associated with the property parcel from a georeferenced image;   determining a geometric characteristic for each image feature;   determining geographic coordinates for each geometric characteristic; and   associating the set of geographic coordinates with the set of location descriptions, wherein geographic coordinates associated with a location description of the set is returned responsive to a request, wherein the request comprises the location description.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the georeferenced image is a georeferenced parcel image depicting the property parcel. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the georeferenced parcel image is determined based on a parcel boundary associated with the property parcel, wherein the parcel boundary is retrieved from a third-party database. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the set of image features comprises a single image feature and wherein the set of location descriptions comprise multiple location descriptions, wherein the multiple location descriptions are associated with the geographic coordinates for the single image feature. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising selecting a primary image feature from the set based on the associated built structure class; wherein the geographic coordinates for the primary image feature are associated with the set of location descriptions and returned responsive to the request. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising determining a count of the image features, wherein the count is returned responsive to the request. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the geometric characteristic comprises a geometric centroid of the image feature.