High resolution tracking of mobile assets
First Claim
1. A method for describing the location of a mobile asset comprising the steps of:
- (a) integrating geo-image data to a mapping application to present at least one geo-image reference in a map of the mapping application;
(b) integrating mobile asset location data to present the mobile asset in the map of the mapping data; and
(c) providing a location of the mobile asset in reference to the at least one geo-image reference in the map.
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Abstract
A system and method for describing local area geo-reference features and landmarks in providing high resolution asset location information. Geo-image data is integrated to a mapping application and geo-reference data to add more detailed scale levels to the map. The geo-image data includes geo-images and its features to provide more detailed references to the asset and support the larger references of the geo-reference data. To describe a geo-reference landmark, an original landmark representation is selected with a center point and a radius. The asset location points located at the original landmark representation are compiled along with the asset location points generated by events occurring at the landmark to create a point set. The point set replaces the original landmark representation when a prescribed number of points is reached. The asset location points that are within a specified distance from any of the points in the point set are added to the point set to complete the landmark representation. The geo-image data and landmark representation data are combined to provide high resolution asset location information.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for describing the location of a mobile asset comprising the steps of:
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(a) integrating geo-image data to a mapping application to present at least one geo-image reference in a map of the mapping application;
(b) integrating mobile asset location data to present the mobile asset in the map of the mapping data; and
(c) providing a location of the mobile asset in reference to the at least one geo-image reference in the map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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