Computing devices and methods for identifying geographic areas that satisfy a set of multiple different criteria
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1. A method for generating displays of geographic areas satisfying multiple criteria, the method implemented on one or more processors and comprising:
- presenting, on respective displays of a plurality of client devices, a user interface having a criteria entry area, each of the plurality of client devices operated by a different user;
receiving criteria data that represents multiple different independent criteria, each of the multiple different independent criteria received from a different one of the plurality of client devices and corresponding to respective at least one potentially matching feature;
transmitting the received criteria data via a network interface;
receiving map data at the plurality of client devices, wherein the map data represents a geographic map having at least one identified two-dimensional area that includes a plurality of features that satisfy the multiple different independent criteria and wherein the at least one identified two-dimensional area is bounded by a polygon that surrounds the plurality of features; and
generating, using the received map data, a display of a geographic map having the at least one identified two-dimensional area visually differentiated from the remainder of the geographic map, based on the plurality features.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to identifying geographic areas that satisfy a set of multiple different criteria. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a user interface that allows a user, or a collaborating group of users to specify a set of multiple different criteria associated with various features of a geographic map. In response to a user, or a collaborating group of users entering a set of multiple different criteria, a geographic map display is generated that includes identified areas that satisfy the multiple different criteria.
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1. A method for generating displays of geographic areas satisfying multiple criteria, the method implemented on one or more processors and comprising:
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presenting, on respective displays of a plurality of client devices, a user interface having a criteria entry area, each of the plurality of client devices operated by a different user; receiving criteria data that represents multiple different independent criteria, each of the multiple different independent criteria received from a different one of the plurality of client devices and corresponding to respective at least one potentially matching feature; transmitting the received criteria data via a network interface; receiving map data at the plurality of client devices, wherein the map data represents a geographic map having at least one identified two-dimensional area that includes a plurality of features that satisfy the multiple different independent criteria and wherein the at least one identified two-dimensional area is bounded by a polygon that surrounds the plurality of features; and generating, using the received map data, a display of a geographic map having the at least one identified two-dimensional area visually differentiated from the remainder of the geographic map, based on the plurality features. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computing device comprising:
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a criteria data retrieval module stored on a memory that, when executed on a processor, retrieves criteria data, wherein the criteria data represents multiple different criteria, each of the multiple different independent criteria received from a different one of a plurality of client devices operated by a different user, each criterion corresponding to respective at least one potentially matching feature; a map data retrieval module stored on a memory that, when executed on a processor, retrieves map data, wherein the map data represents a geographic map having a plurality of features and wherein the features include multiple different characteristics and wherein the at least one identified two-dimensional area is bounded by a polygon that surrounds the plurality of features; and an area identification module stored on a memory that, when executed on a processor, identifies, using the retrieved criteria data and the retrieved map data, at least one two-dimensional area, within the geographic map, that includes features having characteristics that satisfy the multiple different criteria. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method in a server, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors, criteria data from a plurality of client devices via a communication network, each of the plurality of client devices operated by a different user, wherein the criteria data represents multiple different independent criteria; identifying, by one or more processors, a plurality of features that match the multiple different independent criteria, wherein for each of the multiple different independent criteria, a respective at least one matching feature is identifiable based only on the criterion; determining, by one or more processors, at least one two-dimensional area bounded by a polygon and surrounding the plurality of features; providing, to the at least one client device, map data for generating a geographic map in which the two-dimensional area is visually differentiated from the remainder of the geographic map. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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