METHOD FOR LOCATING A VEHICLE

A method for locating a vehicle, including the following steps: sensorial detection of first surroundings objects by the vehicle; locating the vehicle by reconciling data of the sensorially detected first surroundings objects with map data of a first digital map, in the case in which reconciliation of the data of the first surroundings objects with the map data of the first digital map to a defined extent is not possible, a second digital map for a local surroundings of the vehicle being created and location of the vehicle being carried out using the second digital map, data from second surroundings objects of an ascertaining device, which are conveyed from the ascertaining device to the vehicle, being used for creation of the second digital map.