USER FRIENDLY METHOD OF COMPUTER GENERATING MAPS FOR REGIONAL DELIVERY SERVICES
First Claim
1. A computer controlled method for generating maps for the guidance of users to destinations within a geographical area comprising:
- storing the locations of a plurality of landmarks within the geographical area;
prompting the user to select, from said plurality of landmarks, a set of landmarks of known location to the user;
selecting a destination within the geographical area;
determining the optimum landmark in said set of landmarks from which the user may proceed to the selected destination; and
generating a map from said optimum landmark to said selected destination.
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Abstract
The manager or host of the computer generating mapping method compiles and stores a list of most of the landmarks within the geographic area within which the deliveries are to be made. The new user is prompted to choose from the stored list all of the landmarks with which he is familiar and knows how to reach. This set of user known landmarks is stored in association with the particular user. When a delivery by the user is to be made within the region, a determination is made of the optimum landmark from which the user may proceed to the destination, and a map is generated only from the landmark to the destination. The basic assumption is that the user knows the starting landmark and how to reach it.
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1. A computer controlled method for generating maps for the guidance of users to destinations within a geographical area comprising:
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storing the locations of a plurality of landmarks within the geographical area;
prompting the user to select, from said plurality of landmarks, a set of landmarks of known location to the user;
selecting a destination within the geographical area;
determining the optimum landmark in said set of landmarks from which the user may proceed to the selected destination; and
generating a map from said optimum landmark to said selected destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for generating maps for the guidance of users to destinations within a geographical area comprising:
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means for storing the locations of a plurality of landmarks within the geographical area;
means for prompting the user to select, from said plurality of landmarks, a set of landmarks of known location to the user;
means for selecting a destination within the geographical area;
means for determining the optimum landmark in said set of landmarks from which the user may proceed to the selected destination; and
generating a map from said optimum landmark to said selected destination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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