US 2006/0241860 A1 · Virtual earth mapping

Abstract

Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Provided is a schema, repository, index, and APIs for any information, place, entity, attribute, service or person that can be referenced geographically. A system to provide real time image data includes an input component that receives image data associated with a specific geographic area, a splitter component that splits the image data into at least two quadrants, and a storage component that stores at least a portion of the at least two quadrants. Also provides is on-line or real-time advertising based on a user's mapped location and/or a user preference.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for displaying map information, comprising:

a component that receives map information to be displayed;
and
a content display component that renders a subset of the map information in a display space, and renders user interface controls so as to overlay the map information within the display space.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/246,436Filed 7 Oct 2005

Priority

21 Apr 2005

Published

26 Oct 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

H04L 67/1001
In which an application is distributed across nodes in the network: for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
G01C 21/26
Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00: specially adapted for navigation in a road network
G01C 21/3841
Characterised by the source of data: data obtained from two or more sources, e.g. probe vehicles
G06F 16/29
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: geographical information databases

Virtual earth mapping

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Virtual earth mapping

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Abstract

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