Abstract: A method comprising capturing at least one image by way of the camera module, identifying at least one navigational feature that is represented in the image, and sending, by way of the communication device, information indicative of the navigational feature to a map data repository is disclosed.

Abstract: The proposed invention defines a system and methods for accessing and displaying three dimensional data through a panoramic image. Three dimensional data comprised of points and polygons is stored in a spatial database on a server and is delivered to the client on demand through point or area selections defined in a panoramic image viewer in the 2D spherical coordinate system of the panoramic image. A number of different processes are defined for transforming these two dimensional spherical coordinates into a three dimensional coordinate, the result of which is returned to the client and used to update the panoramic image and corresponding map or aerial image in the client side application.