Proximity-based detail reduction of geographic data
US9208593B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B29/106
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for storing a plurality data points, each data point representing a geographic location, a first set of data points representing a first geometric object and a second set of data points representing a second geometric object. The system and method then remove a first data point from the first set of data points representing the first geometric object based on at least a distance between a first location represented by the first data point and a second location represented by a second data point of the second set of data points representing a second geometric object.
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