Automatically performing varying levels of summarization of geographic data points in response to a user's selection of zoom level
US8095434B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0641
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A facility for summarizing a set of data points each having a geographic location is described. The facility specifies the display of a map showing a geographic area the specified by a user. The facility identifies a number of geographic regions in the geographic area that are of a type that is automatically selected by the facility in response to the identity of the geographic area. The map indicates, for a least one of the identified geographic regions, information that summarizes one or more aspects of the data points of the set that have geographic locations contained in the identified geographic region.
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