Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for the determination and presentation of parking space availability to a user. In one exemplary embodiment, the availability status of a plurality of parking spaces can be determined by receiving a real-time image of a parking space and comparing the image to a stored control image of the parking space, which thereby determines whether the parking space is occupied. In further embodiments, the availability status of a parking space can be updated by generating an image of the parking space at various time intervals, determining the availability status of the parking space, and updating the status of the parking space.