A method of registering an area of interest luminal network to images of the area of interest luminal network comprising. The method includes generating a model of the area of interest based on images of the area of interest, determining a location of a soft point in the area of interest, tracking a location of the location sensor while the location sensor is navigated within the area of interest, comparing the tracked locations of the location sensor within the area of interest , navigating the location sensor to the soft point, confirming the location sensor is located at the soft point, and updating the registration of the model with the area of interest based on the tracked locations of the location sensor at the soft point.
