Kinetic mapping
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDonald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas
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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDonald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas
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One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for kinetic mapping. A spatial interface, such as a map, may represent information according to an overview scale. If the spatial interface comprises a substantial amount of uninteresting content, such as a 100 mile stretch of highway, compared to interesting content, such as a 1 mile complex detour after the highway, then the interesting content may not be displayed at an adequate level of detail due to being displayed at the same overview scale as the 100 mile stretch of highway. Accordingly, points of interest within the spatial interface may be identified and encapsulated to create portals representing such information at relatively higher levels of detail. A kinetic geospatial interface comprising the portals (e.g., the detour) at a focused scale and non-portal information (e.g., the highway) at a collapsed scale (e.g., a lower level of detail than the focused scale) is generated.
A method for kinetic mapping, comprising:
A system for kinetic mapping, comprising:
A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed at least in part via a processing unit perform a method for kinetic mapping, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.