Method for operating a motor vehicle in a navigation surrounding area, and motor vehicle

The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in a navigation surrounding area, e.g., a parking area. A digital navigation map, which describes a of the navigation surrounding area is used to describe a roadway network. A navigation route to a destination contained in the navigation map is determined by a navigation system of the motor vehicle according to the navigation map. Sensor data from a sensor device on the motor vehicle is used to describe environment of the motor vehicle. The navigation system carries out a vehicle guidance algorithm based on the sensor data and is trained by a machine learning process using training data. The motor vehicle is guided along the navigation route automatically according to a lateral and/or longitudinal guidance action ascertained by the vehicle guidance algorithm.