Digital mapping system
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJens E. Rasmussen, Lars E. Rasmussen, Bret Steven Taylor, James Christopher Norris, Stephen Ma, Andrew Robert Kirmse, Noel Philip Gordon, Seth Michael Laforge
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Abstract
A map image is displayed via a user interface. A user selection of a location marker or one of a set of textual driving directions is received via the user interface. In response to the received user selection, an interactive information window overlaid within the map image is generated. Generating the interactive information window includes providing additional information regarding a location related to the marker or to the one of the set of textual driving directions.
Claims20
A method of displaying geographic information, the method comprising:
- displaying a map image via a user interface;
- receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of a location marker or one of a set of textual driving directions;
- and
- in response to the received user selection, generating an interactive information window overlaid within the map image, including providing additional information regarding a location related to the marker or to the one of the set of textual driving directions.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to display a map within a display page, the instructions comprising instructions for:
- displaying a map image via a user interface;
- receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of a location marker or one of a set of textual driving directions;
- and
- in response to the received user selection, generating an interactive information window overlaid within the map image, including providing additional information regarding a location related to the marker or to the one of the set of textual driving directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.