Digitally Generated Set of Regional Shapes for Presenting Information on a Display Screen

A processor-based device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a port for sending and receiving data over a network;
• and
• one or more digital storage devices having embedded therein code for programming the processor to perform a method of displaying digital images within features on a map, wherein the method comprises:
• receiving data identifying a geographic location and zoom setting;
• selecting one or more geographic regions within a map area to be rendered on a display screen based on said geographic location, said zoom setting and map feature data for said map area;
• receiving one or more digital images associated with said one or more geographic regions;
• generating one or more pictorial subsets of said one or more digital images that respectively match one or more shapes of said one or more geographic regions, including cutting out said one or more pictorial subsets from said one or more digital images to match specific respective contours of said pictorial subsets to said geographic regions, within said map area to be rendered on said display screen;
• and
• rendering said map area on said display screen including overlaying said one or more matching pictorial subsets respectively onto said one or more geographic regions within said map area.

One or more digital storage devices having embedded therein code for programming a processor to perform a method of displaying digital images within features on a map, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving data identifying a geographic location and zoom setting;
• selecting one or more geographic regions within a map area to be rendered on a display screen based on said geographic location, said zoom setting and map feature data for said map area;
• receiving one or more digital images associated with said one or more geographic regions;
• generating one or more pictorial subsets of said one or more digital images that respectively match one or more shapes of said one or more geographic regions, including cutting out said one or more pictorial subsets from said one or more digital images to match specific respective contours of said pictorial subsets to said geographic regions, within said map area to be rendered on said display screen;
• and
• rendering said map area on said display screen including overlaying said one or more matching pictorial subsets respectively onto said one or more geographic regions within said map area.

A method of displaying digital images within features on a map, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving data identifying a geographic location and zoom setting;
• selecting one or more geographic regions within a map area to be rendered on a display screen based on said geographic location, said zoom setting and map feature data for said map area;
• receiving one or more digital images associated with said one or more geographic regions;
• generating one or more pictorial subsets of said one or more digital images that respectively match one or more shapes of said one or more geographic regions, including cutting out said one or more pictorial subsets from said one or more digital images to match specific respective contours of said pictorial subsets to said geographic regions, within said map area to be rendered on said display screen;
• and
• rendering said map area on said display screen including overlaying said one or more matching pictorial subsets respectively onto said one or more geographic regions within said map area.