Scale sensitive treatment of features in a geographic information system

A computing system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media, the one or more computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more computer-readable media cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving a user input at a point of query, the point of query associated with a mobile device location depicted in a geographic image, the geographic image comprising a plurality of pixels with a plurality of zoom levels scaled according to a level of uncertainty associated with the mobile device location, wherein a zoom level of the plurality of zoom levels increases inversely in relation to the level of uncertainty;
• responsive to the point of query being within a zone of influence encompassing a feature, obtaining information associated with the feature, the zone of influence defining a region in the geographic image depicting the feature such that information associated with the feature is returned responsive to the user input at the point of query, the zone of influence being defined independent of the point of query;
• ranking, by the one or more computing devices, the information associated with the feature higher, relative to other information associated with other features of the plurality of features, when the point of query associated with the feature is encompassed by the zone of influence;
• and
• providing for display the information associated with the feature in a user interface,
• wherein one or more boundaries of the zone of influence of the feature are defined by a pixel threshold in a pixel space associated with the geographic image such that the zone of influence defines a subset of the plurality of pixels of the geographic image, the pixel threshold being defined irrespective of a scale of the geographic image, such that the pixel threshold remains constant irrespective of the scale.

One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• providing for display a geographic image associated with a mobile device location at a first zoom level in a user interface displayed on a display device, the geographic image depicting at least one feature at the first zoom level, the geographic image comprising a plurality of pixels with a plurality of zoom levels scaled according to a level of uncertainty associated with the mobile device location, wherein a zoom level of the plurality of zoom levels increases inversely in relation to the level of uncertainty;
• ranking, by the one or more computing devices, the information associated with the feature higher, relative to other information associated with other features of the plurality of features, when the point of query associated with the feature is encompassed by the zone of influence;
• and
• providing for display the geographic image at a second zoom level in the user interface, the geographic image depicting the at least one feature at the second zoom level,
• wherein the at least one feature is associated with a zone of influence defining a region in the geographic image associated with the feature, and wherein one or more boundaries of the zone of influence of the at least one feature are defined by a pixel threshold, the zone of influence defining a subset of the plurality of pixels of the geographic image, the pixel threshold remaining constant across the first zoom level and the second zoom level, the zone of influence being defined independent of a user interaction with the geographic image.