Method and apparatus for providing activity-based map job

摘要

An approach is provided for validating crowd-sourced information. The approach includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of map error data to generate at least one map job and at least one activity context associated with the at least one map job, the map error data, or a combination thereof. The approach also includes determining one or more devices based, at least in part, on the at least one activity context. Further, the approach includes causing, at least in part, a transmission of the at least one map job to the one or more devices for resolving one or more map errors indicated in the at least one map job, the map error data, or a combination thereof.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating, by an apparatus, at least one map data update task and at least one activity context associated with the at least one map data update task based on map error data, map request data, or a combination thereof, received via a network from devices; determining, by the apparatus, at least some of the devices to transmit the at least one map data update task based on the at least one activity context, wherein the some of the devices include a plurality of user devices; initiating, by the apparatus, a transmission of the at least one map data update task with an award tag to the some of the devices; receiving, at the apparatus, responses to the at least one data update task from the some of the devices, wherein the responses to the at least one data update task include one or more phone numbers associated with a point of interest, one or more internet links associated with the point of interest, or a combination thereof; comparing, by the apparatus, the responses against one another to meet at least one threshold logic that determines the at least one map data update task has been resolved; and adding, by the apparatus, awards to user accounts associated with the some of the devices based on the award tag and reliability of the responses in resolving the at least one map data update task, wherein the awards include credit points, wherein the at least one activity context includes a mode of transportation, wherein the at least one map data update task includes, at least in part, geo-fencing information for triggering a presentation of the at least one map data update task at the some of the devices, and wherein the some of the devices for transmitting the at least one map data update task are further determined based on device capabilities of the some of the devices, schedules of the users, or a combination thereof.