Geographic indexing
US11354837B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F17/15
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The current invention relates to a computer-implemented method for creating an overlay map, preferably a heat map, comprising: receiving at a server a user request for creation of the overlay map; loading vector data at the server comprising location data, the location data comprising at least one attribute; converting the vector data to image data composed of pixels according to an index scale; applying the converted image data to a color ramp; and creating the overlay map based on the converted image data and the color ramp; wherein said vector data is organized according to a plurality of layers, the location data comprising at least one attribute for each layer.
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