Strategies for annotating digital maps
AssigneeWSU Research Foundation
InventorOrest J. Pilskalns
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Abstract
A strategy is described for annotating a digital map. According to one exemplary aspect, the user can link a single uploaded object to multiple locations within a map (or maps) without requiring separate uploading and storing operations. According to another exemplary aspect, the user can specify a range of zoom levels in which an object is made visible on the map. According to another exemplary aspect, the user can instruct map processing functionality (MPF) to automatically extract objects from a data source (such as an RSS data source) and annotate the map with the objects. Still further aspects are described.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- linking an object to a first location within a map;
- and
- linking the object to a second location within the map, the second location being different from the first location,
- wherein a single instance of the object is simultaneously linked to both the first and second locations within the map.
A method for annotating a digital map, comprising:
- associating an object with a location within a digital map;
- associating an object zoom level with the object in relation to the digital map;
- receiving an instruction to present the map at a requested zoom level;
- determining whether to present the object within the digital map depending on whether the requested zoom level lies within a range specified by the object zoom level;
- and
- presenting the map based on an outcome of the determining.
A method for annotating a digital map, comprising:
- receiving an annotation selection criterion;
- searching a data source to identify an object that satisfies the annotation selection criterion;
- automatically identifying a location associated with the object;
- determining a popularity of the object;
- selecting a zoom range over which the object is made visible within the digital map based on the popularity of the object;
- and
- automatically annotating the digital map with the object at the location within the selected zoom range, wherein the digital map is separate from the data source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.