Visibility of a point of interest based on environmental conditions

A computer-implemented method, comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a hardware processor cause the hardware processor to perform a method for assessing visibility of one or more points of interest relative to an observation point, the method comprising:

• identifying an observation point by processing geographical location data associated with the observation point;
• identifying a visibility distance relative to the observation point by processing environmental visibility data;
• generating a polygon around the observation point, the polygon including a visibility perimeter associated with the identified visibility distance, where the visibility perimeter defines a polygon area;
• applying a grid of tiles over the polygon area, where at least some of the tiles represent a point of interest (POI);
• identifying one or more points of interest that are visible from the observation point by processing each tile from the grid of tiles;
• generating a sight map that includes the observation point and the one or more identified points of interest that are visible from the observation point;
• and
• displaying the sight map in a user interface of a device.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method for assessing visibility of an indicated point of interest relative to an observation point, the method comprising:
• receiving a request from a user to determine whether a point of interest indicated in the request is visible relative to the observation point of the user;
• identifying a visibility distance relative to the observation point by processing environmental visibility data;
• generating a polygon around the observation point, the polygon including a visibility perimeter associated with the identified visibility distance, where the visibility perimeter defines a polygon area;
• applying a grid of tiles over the polygon area;
• selecting a target tile from the grid of tiles representative of the point of interest indicated in the request;
• identifying visibly connected tiles for the target tile;
• and
• processing the target tile and the visibly connected tiles to determine whether the point of interest indicated in the request is visible relative to the observation point of the user.