METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING DRIVER STOPPING LOCATIONS FROM CROWD SOURCED DATA

An approach is provided for determining driver stopping locations from crowd sourced data. The approach, for instance, involves processing vehicle drive data to determine aggregated vehicle drive geometries. The approach also involves associating and clustering the aggregated vehicle drive geometries into vehicle drive path segments. The approach further involves joining the vehicle drive path segments in a drive path aggregation model using connectivity coherence of each vehicle drive path segment. The approach further involves aggregating stop data representing drives that stop within a specific range of the node, the segment, or a combination thereof of one or more vehicle drive path segments, and providing the stop data as an output.