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A feature provided by a data collection system that can be used by a database researcher is disclosed. As the database researcher travels through a geographic area and observes geographic features (such as roads), the database researcher uses the data collection system to collect and store data that

A feature provided by a data collection system that can be used by a database researcher is disclosed. As the database researcher travels through a geographic area and observes geographic features (such as roads), the database researcher uses the data collection system to collect and store data that represent attributes of the geographic features. The data collection system includes a feature whereby the database researcher can define a profile of one or more attributes of one or more geographic features. The profile is stored in a memory of the data collection system. Then, as the database researcher travels through the geographic area and new geographic features are encountered, the data collection system automatically applies these attributes to each new geographic feature, thereby eliminating the need on the part of the database researcher to separately specify each attribute of a newly encountered geographic feature. If the database researcher determines that the attributes in the stored profile are not appropriate for a geographic feature, the database researcher can override the profile attributes and store the appropriate attributes.

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1. In combination:a profile formation program that presents a user with a first set of input fields that allows the user to define an attribute profile of a geographic feature; and a profile application program that presents the user with a second set of input fields that allows the user to enter da

1. In combination:a profile formation program that presents a user with a first set of input fields that allows the user to define an attribute profile of a geographic feature; and a profile application program that presents the user with a second set of input fields that allows the user to enter data relating to the attributes of an observed geographic feature, wherein said profile application program fills in those input fields of said second set with corresponding data from said attribute profile, and wherein said profile application program allows data contained in said input fields of said second set to be saved and used to update a primary copy of a geographic database.