System and method for automatic geospatial web network generation via metadata transformation
OwnerRandolph Gladish, Alan Laviolette +2inventors
InventorsRandolph Gladish, Alan Laviolette, Betty Davlin, Ronald Natalie
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Abstract
The invention provides a framework to create a network of omnidirectional web hyperlinks using data extracted from various geospatial data sources. The framework establishes a method of fusing disparate data sources, formats and locations into dynamic web documents that link interrelated data. Various linkage mechanisms are supported, including a method to control an application remotely from a web document.
Claims13
A method for associating data stored in disparate locations into a single document, comprising:
- extracting at least one piece of data that describes content of the document;
- transforming the extracted at least one piece of data into search-compatible form;
- searching at least one data source using the transformed at least one piece of data;
- retrieving information from the at least one data source;
- transforming the received information into a processing-compatible form;
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- associating the information from the data source with the document.
A system for associating data stored in disparate locations into a single document, comprising:
- a computer;
- an image display coupled to the computer for displaying an image to a user;
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- a template to be executed by the computer to process the image, wherein the template contains references to one or more local or remote databases to obtain, reformat and transform the additional information and cause it to be displayed as annotations on the image or vector layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.