US 8,788,196 B1 · Presentation of a vehicle on a chart

Abstract

The different advantageous embodiments provide a method, computer program product, and apparatus for presenting a position of a vehicle on a chart. In one advantageous embodiment, a method for presenting a vehicle on a chart is presented. A current position of the vehicle is identified. The method then determines whether the current position of the vehicle is on a path between two points in a plurality of points. A first indicator at a first location on the chart indicating a position of the vehicle on the path relative to the two points is presented responsive to a determination that the current position is on the path. A second indicator on a second location on the chart is presented responsive to an absence of a determination that the current position is on the path, wherein the second indicator points to a closest point in the plurality of points.

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Dependent claims

A method for presenting a vehicle on a chart, the method comprising:

identifying, using a processor, a current position of the vehicle;
determining, using the processor, whether the current position of the vehicle is on a path between two points in a plurality of points;
responsive to a determination that the current position is on the path, presenting, using the processor, a first indicator at a first location on the chart indicating a position of the vehicle on the path relative to the two points;
and
responsive to an absence of a determination that the current position is on the path, presenting, using the processor, a second indicator on a second location on the chart, wherein the second indicator indicates the position of the vehicle relative to the second location, wherein a scale varies throughout the chart.

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Presentation of a vehicle on a chart

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Presentation of a vehicle on a chart

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Abstract

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