Map with different degrees of overlapping geocoded pixels
First Claim
1. A method of generating a map associated with different levels of a pattern of geocoded pixels, the method comprising:
- in response to a request for a map of a distribution of an attribute in a geographic region, obtaining, by a processor of a computing device, a geographic map of the geographic region;
obtaining, by the processor, data point values of the attribute from a storage, wherein each of the data point values comprises an attribute value and coordinates of a geographic location;
converting, by the processor, the data point values of the attribute into colored pixels, wherein each of the data point values is converted into one of the colored pixels having one of a plurality of colors based on the attribute value of the data point value;
creating, by the processor, a geocoded pixel pattern based on the geographic map of the geographical region by placing each of the colored pixels at a position on the geocoded pixel pattern corresponding to the coordinates of the associated data point value;
rearranging the colored pixels in the geocoded pixel pattern by;
sorting a list of the colored pixels in a descending order based on the attribute values associated with the colored pixels, from a colored pixel having a highest attribute value to a colored pixel having a lowest attribute value,maintaining the colored pixel having the highest attribute value at its position in the geocoded pixel pattern, andrepositioning the remaining colored pixels in the sorted list, one by one in the descending order, around the colored pixel having the highest attribute value in a concentric fashion such that the colored pixel having the lowest attribute value is farthest away from the colored pixel having the highest attribute value; and
generating the geocoded pixel pattern as a distribution map of the attribute in the geographic region.
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Abstract
A pattern of geocoded pixels is generated by accessing data point values, where each data point value includes an attribute value and coordinates of a geographic location. Each data point value corresponds to a geocoded pixel that is positioned on the pattern based on the coordinates of the data point value such some geocoded pixels overlap other geocoded pixels. Different levels of the pattern of geocoded pixels correspond to a different degree of overlap between the geocoded pixels. The different levels of the pattern of geocoded pixels are associated with different magnification levels of a geographic map such that changing a magnification level of the geographic map causes a degree of overlap between the geocoded pixels of the pattern to change.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of generating a map associated with different levels of a pattern of geocoded pixels, the method comprising:
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in response to a request for a map of a distribution of an attribute in a geographic region, obtaining, by a processor of a computing device, a geographic map of the geographic region; obtaining, by the processor, data point values of the attribute from a storage, wherein each of the data point values comprises an attribute value and coordinates of a geographic location; converting, by the processor, the data point values of the attribute into colored pixels, wherein each of the data point values is converted into one of the colored pixels having one of a plurality of colors based on the attribute value of the data point value; creating, by the processor, a geocoded pixel pattern based on the geographic map of the geographical region by placing each of the colored pixels at a position on the geocoded pixel pattern corresponding to the coordinates of the associated data point value; rearranging the colored pixels in the geocoded pixel pattern by; sorting a list of the colored pixels in a descending order based on the attribute values associated with the colored pixels, from a colored pixel having a highest attribute value to a colored pixel having a lowest attribute value, maintaining the colored pixel having the highest attribute value at its position in the geocoded pixel pattern, and repositioning the remaining colored pixels in the sorted list, one by one in the descending order, around the colored pixel having the highest attribute value in a concentric fashion such that the colored pixel having the lowest attribute value is farthest away from the colored pixel having the highest attribute value; and generating the geocoded pixel pattern as a distribution map of the attribute in the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a processor of a computing device to:
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in response to a request for a map of a distribution of an attribute in a geographic region, obtain a geographic map of the geographic region, obtain data point values of the attribute from a storage, wherein each of the data point values comprises an attribute value and coordinates of a geographic location, convert the data point values of the attribute into colored pixels, wherein each of the data point values is converted into one of the colored pixels having one of a plurality of colors based on the attribute value of the data point value, create a geocoded pixel pattern based on the geographic map of the geographical region by placing each of the colored pixels at a position on the geocoded pixel pattern corresponding to the coordinates of the associated data point value, rearrange the colored pixels in the geocoded pixel pattern by; sorting a list of the colored pixels in a descending order based on the attribute values associated with the colored pixels, from a colored pixel having a highest attribute value to a colored pixel having a lowest attribute value, maintaining the colored pixel having the highest attribute value at its position in the geocoded pixel pattern, and repositioning the remaining colored pixels in the sorted list, one by one in the descending order, around the colored pixel having the highest attribute value in a concentric fashion such that the colored pixel having the lowest attribute value is farthest away from the colored pixel having the highest attribute value, and generate the geocoded pixel pattern as a distribution map of the attribute in the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to; obtain a geographic map of a geographic region, obtain data point values of an attribute from a storage, wherein each of the data point values comprises an attribute value and coordinates of a geographic location, convert the data point values of the attribute into colored pixels, wherein the data point values is converted into one of the colored pixels having one of a plurality of colors based on the attribute value of the data point value, create a pattern of geocoded pixels based on the geographic map of the geographical region by placing each of the colored pixels at a position on the pattern corresponding to the coordinates of the associated data point value, rearrange the colored pixels in the geocoded pixel pattern by; sorting a list of the colored pixels in a descending order based on the attribute values associated with the colored pixels, from a colored pixel having a highest attribute value to a colored pixel having a lowest attribute value, maintaining the colored pixel having the highest attribute value at its position in the geocoded pixel pattern, and repositioning the remaining colored pixels in the sorted list, one by one in the descending order, around the colored pixel having the highest attribute value in a concentric fashion such that the colored pixel having the lowest attribute value is farthest away from the colored pixel having the highest attribute value, and generate the geocoded pixel pattern as a distribution map of the attribute in the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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