System and Method of Overlaying and Integrating Data with Geographic Mapping Applications
First Claim
1. A system for integrating information with a geographic map comprising:
- a server computer system including;
a database system to store coordinate and attribute information associated with map objects for a geographic map provided by a mapping system, wherein said coordinate information associates said map objects and attribute information with corresponding areas of said geographic map; and
an information system to access said database system and retrieve said coordinate and attribute information of map objects in accordance with information requests; and
at least one client computer system in communication with said server computer system via a network and including;
a mapping system interface to communicate with said mapping system over said network and facilitate retrieval and manipulation of said geographic map; and
a user interface to transmit said information requests to said information system in response to user actions, and to display said geographic map and render and overlay on said geographic map said map objects and corresponding attribute information received from said information system in response to said information requests, wherein each map object overlays and corresponds to an area on said geographic map and is rendered within said client computer system based on said retrieved coordinate information for that map object.
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Abstract
The present invention embodiments include a geographic overlay system including an information system, a mapping system interface to communicate with a mapping system and a database system including National Census geographic boundaries and data files. The geographic overlay system utilizes a client/server model that streams geographic data from a server system to dynamically render vector-based map layers inside a client browser. The geographic overlay system employs a Nationwide database of Census geographies that may be rendered as interactive point, line or polygon objects over a National base map provided by the mapping system. A database builder interface enables users to build the database and server pages. The present invention embodiments overlay translucent, interactive dynamically generated vector-based polygonal Census boundary map layers over geographical maps from the mapping system. The overlaying vector map layers perform thematic analysis, enable information retrieval, display mouse-over tool-tips and query a dynamic block-level National spatial-relational database.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for integrating information with a geographic map comprising:
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a server computer system including; a database system to store coordinate and attribute information associated with map objects for a geographic map provided by a mapping system, wherein said coordinate information associates said map objects and attribute information with corresponding areas of said geographic map; and an information system to access said database system and retrieve said coordinate and attribute information of map objects in accordance with information requests; and at least one client computer system in communication with said server computer system via a network and including; a mapping system interface to communicate with said mapping system over said network and facilitate retrieval and manipulation of said geographic map; and a user interface to transmit said information requests to said information system in response to user actions, and to display said geographic map and render and overlay on said geographic map said map objects and corresponding attribute information received from said information system in response to said information requests, wherein each map object overlays and corresponds to an area on said geographic map and is rendered within said client computer system based on said retrieved coordinate information for that map object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented method of integrating information with a geographic map from a mapping system comprising:
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(a) storing coordinate and attribute information associated with map objects for said geographic map provided by said mapping system in a database system, wherein said coordinate information associates said map objects and attribute information with corresponding areas of said geographic map; (b) communicating with said mapping system over a network from a client computer system and facilitating retrieval and manipulation of said geographic map; (c) transmitting information requests from said client computer system to a server computer system to access said database system in response to user actions pertaining to said geographic map; (d) accessing said database system from said server computer system and retrieving said coordinate and attribute information of map objects in accordance with said information requests; (e) displaying said geographic map on said client computer system and rendering and overlaying on said geographic map said map objects and corresponding attribute information received from said database system in response to said information requests, wherein each map object overlays and corresponds to an area on said geographic map and is rendered within said client computer system based on said retrieved coordinate information for that map object. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for integrating information with a geographic map from a mapping system comprising:
a server computer system coupled to a network for communication with at least one client computer system, wherein said server computer system includes; a database system to store coordinate and attribute information associated with map objects for said geographic map provided by said mapping system, wherein said coordinate information associates said map objects and attribute information with corresponding areas of said geographic map; and an information system to access said database system and retrieve said coordinate and attribute information of map objects in accordance with information requests, wherein said information system includes; a mapping system interface to enable a corresponding client computer system to communicate with said mapping system over said network and facilitate retrieval and manipulation of said geographic map; and a user interface to enable said corresponding client computer system to transmit said information requests to said information system in response to user actions, and to enable said corresponding client computer system to display said geographic map and render and overlay on said geographic map said map objects and corresponding attribute information received from said information system in response to said information requests, wherein each map object overlays and corresponds to an area on said geographic map and is rendered within said corresponding client computer system based on said retrieved coordinate information for that map object.
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