System and method for providing traversable connectivity between map files
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Abstract
A method and system for creating and/or using a universal location referencing object (ULRO) with electronic files including electronic maps. ULROs establish traversable links between a file-of-reference and third-party-files. In accordance with an embodiment, the ULRO comprises a universal location referencing code uniquely corresponding to the location, together with several optional components, including: a set of name information; a super-set of coordinates; a file-of-reference pointer field comprising a file-of-reference pointer; a third-party-file pointer field comprising one or more third-party-file pointers; a file-of-reference back-pointer field comprising a file-of-reference back-pointer; a third-party-file back-pointer field comprising one or more third-party-file back-pointers; and a metadata field. ULROs allow recognition of equivalence of features in different maps, and facilitate dynamic combination or linking of multiple maps into one virtual map, with traversable connectivity for a wide variety of map formats.
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40 Claims
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21. A system for providing traversable connectivity between a plurality of maps, said maps comprising information on geographic items associated with a location in the real world, said system comprising:
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a data object; a logic that in response to a user request accesses a file-of-reference comprising information about geographic items associated with a location; and assigns the data object to the geographic item, wherein the data object is used to provide traversable connectivity to both a third-party file comprising other information about the geographic items and the file-of-reference. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for providing traversable connectivity between a plurality of maps, said maps comprising information on geographic items associated with a location in the real world, said method comprising:
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in response to a user request, accessing a file-of-reference comprising information about geographic items associated with a location; and assigning a data object to the geographic item, wherein the data object is then used to provide traversable connectivity to both a third-party file comprising other information about the geographic items and the file-of-reference. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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