Travel route mapping
OwnerLeigh Chinitzinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for providing a closed route for travel features a database having geographic information and input information including a starting point and a desired route length. The geographic information from the database and the input information are processed to define an outbound path from the starting point to a turning point, the turning point determined based on the desired route length, and to define an inbound path from the turning point to the starting point, the outbound path and the inbound path together defining the closed route. A representation of the closed route may be output as a static map, interactive map or a turn-by-turn listing.
Claims40
A method of providing a closed route for travel, the method comprising:
- providing a database having geographic information;
- receiving input information including a starting point and a desired route length;
- and
- processing the geographic information from the database and the input information to define an outbound path from the starting point to a turning point, the turning point determined based on the desired route length, and to define an inbound path from the turning point to the starting point, the outbound path and the inbound path together defining the closed route.
A method of providing a route for travel, the method comprising:
- providing a database having geographic information including plural road segments;
- receiving input information including a starting point and a target point;
- and
- processing the geographic information from the database and the input information to select a series of connected road segments from the starting point to the target point based on one or more selection criteria that includes random selection.
A system for providing a closed route for travel, the system comprising:
- a database having geographic information;
- an input unit for receiving input information including a starting point and a desired route length;
- a road selection unit for extracting geographic information from the database;
- a route calculation unit for processing the extracted geographic information and the input information to define an outbound path from the starting point to a turning point, the turning point determined based on the desired route length, and to define an inbound path from the turning point to the starting point, the outbound path and the inbound path together defining the closed route.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for:
- receiving input information including a starting point and a desired route length;
- and
- processing geographic information from a database and the input information to define an outbound path from the starting point to a turning point, the turning point determined based on the desired route length, and to define an inbound path from the turning point to the starting point, the outbound path and the inbound path together defining the closed route.
A system for providing a closed route for travel, the system comprising:
- means for providing geographic information;
- means for receiving input information including a starting point and a desired route length;
- and
- means for processing the geographic information and the input information to define an outbound path from the starting point to a turning point, the turning point determined based on the desired route length, and to define an inbound path from the turning point to the starting point, the outbound path and the inbound path together defining the closed route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.