Parking Location Navigation System and Method

A community-driven computerized vehicle navigation system and method operates to direct vehicles to available parking spaces. Information on potential parking spaces is stored in a parking map database. Using a real time map server automotive navigation system (ANS) information, parking sign data and earth/street view images are processes, perhaps with an AI module, to generate individual parking space data that is stored in parking map database. Information from the map database is sent to a real time map server, which transmits it to a personal navigation device that is in the vehicle, which displays streets in the vicinity, GPS turn-by-turn directions and potential individual parking spaces. Users can indicate to the system the location of vacant individual parking spaces, which information is broadcast to other users in the vicinity. Information about metered parking and parking lots can also be uploaded to the system and displayed.