A METHOD OF RESOLVING A POINT LOCATION FROM ENCODED DATA REPRESENTATIVE THEREOF

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of resolving a point location from a location reference, the location reference comprising a plurality of location reference points, each location reference point being representative of a node in a first digital map and having attributes associated therewith from the first digital map, including geographic coordinates of the node, so as to define a path between a start location reference point and an end location reference point, the location reference further comprising an offset value representative of a distance along the path. The method comprises obtaining (410) the geographic coordinates of the start location reference point (210) and the end location reference point (220), determining geographic coordinates of a location (250) along a line (230) extending between the geographic coordinates of the start location reference point (210) and the end location reference point (220) corresponding to the offset value (240), and using the determined geographic coordinates (250) as an approximate location of the point location in a second digital map.