Presenting a travel route in a ground-based vehicle
AssigneeAmerica Online, Inc.
InventorDavid W. Nesbitt
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for displaying a map for a route in a ground-based vehicle. The map includes a variable road network map showing finer detail for geographic features near the route and less detail for geographic features farther from the route. The map is displayed based on the travel direction of the ground-based vehicle.
Claims39
A system for displaying a route, the system including a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
- determine a route region for a context map that includes an origin location and a destination location of a route for a ground-based vehicle;
- generate a context map that includes the route;
- identify a group of one or more maneuvers that occur along the route and within a predetermined distance of one another for inclusion in a detail map;
- generate an indication on the context map that corresponds to the detail map;
- and
- generate the detail map on which is indicated the group of one or more maneuvers.
A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a computer program configured to present a route for a ground-based vehicle, the medium comprising one or more code segments to:
- determine a route region for a context map that includes an origin location and a destination location of a route for a ground-based vehicle;
- generate a context map that includes the route;
- identify a group of one or more maneuvers that occur along the route and within a predetermined distance of one another for inclusion in a detail map;
- generate an indication on the context map that corresponds to the detail map;
- and
- generate the detail map on which is indicated the group of one or more maneuvers.
A computer implemented method for presenting a route for a ground-based vehicle, comprising:
- determining a route region for a context map that includes an origin location and a destination location of a route for a ground-based vehicle;
- generating a context map that includes the route;
- identifying a group of one or more maneuvers that occur along the route and within a predetermined distance of one another for inclusion in a detail map;
- generating an indication on the context map that corresponds to the detail map;
- and
- generating the detail map on which is indicated the group of one or more maneuvers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.