The invention relates to a method for creating a current situation depiction, particularly a current city-centre situation depiction, in which environment data and/or map data and/or position data describing a locally bounded situation are sent to a database (16, 25) by a multiplicity of vehicles (12, 14, 22, 24) using vehicle-to-X communication means. The environment data are captured by means of ambient sensors and/or vehicle sensors, the map data are read from a digital memory, and the position data are determined at least by means of a global satellite position system. The method is distinguished in that the environment data and/or the map data and/or the position data are continually merged with a situation depiction that is already present in the database (16, 25) to form a current situation depiction, and both the database and the situation depiction are fixed in location. The invention also relates to an appropriate system.