Navigation directions between automatically determined starting points and selected destinations
US9151627B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/26
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To provide navigation directions in mapping applications, an indication of a geographic location and an indication of a map viewport that includes the geographic location are received. Several candidate starting points from which people are more likely to access the geographic location than from other locations within the map viewport are identified. A starting point is selected from among the several candidate starting points, and navigation directions for guiding a user of the user device from the starting point toward the geographic location are generated for display on the user device.
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