Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle. A map of corresponding event locations for one or more high load events is provided, wherein the one or more high load events have historically led to an above-average load on a vehicle component. A current position and/or route of the motor vehicle is determined. A high load event is identified from among the one or more high load events as likely to be relevant to the motor vehicle during the current operation. The identification of the high load event is based on the current position and/or route of the motor vehicle. The vehicle component is thermally preconditioned, via a corresponding automatic control of at least one device of the motor vehicle, before the motor vehicle has reached the corresponding event location of the identified high load event.

Abstract: A method for providing map data for at least two types of zones includes providing first map data for two types of zones, wherein the zones are described by regions; providing second map data for one of the types of zones, wherein the type is described by the listing of road sections; providing a map which contains all of the road sections and the positions thereof; verifying, by way of the map, whether the regions indicated in the first map data for the one of the types of zones correspond with the road sections indicated in the second map data for the one of the types of zones; in the event that they do not correspond, modifying the zones of the one of the types of zones in the first map data; and providing the first map data, corrected as applicable.