1. A computer-implemented method for varying the degree of precision in navigation data analysis, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of requests for mapping data at a remote mapping server sent from a plurality of client computing devices via a computer network, each received request including a request type and geographic data corresponding to a map location that is represented by map content data stored at the remote mapping server; sending map content data corresponding to the received request from the remote mapping server to the plurality of client computing devices; determining whether a number of the plurality of client computing devices that sent the plurality of requests is above or below a threshold number based on the request type for the received plurality of requests; and discarding the plurality of requests for mapping data when the number of the plurality of client computing devices that sent the plurality of requests corresponding to the map location is below the threshold number based on the request type for the received plurality of requests.