Autonomous automobile parking aided by a crowd-sourced, context-centered, mobile navigation network

Finding places to park remains a problem for drivers around the world. This study presents the Distributed Information Sharing System(DISS), which combines information from existing navigation services with parking information shared by drivers. DISS will combine a cross-platform mobile application interface with a context and location aware web service. The mobile application interface will allow drivers to share navigation information, and the web service will consume the user generated data as well as context information related to the usage of the data. Thereafter, when future users query DISS for navigation information, the system will relay information based on what has been most helpful to previous users.