SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING MAP ITEM IMAGES AND TEXT INFORMATION
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Abstract
A system and method for manipulating digital map information, that allows the operator to view or modify map object or item attributes from either a graphical window or a text window. In one embodiment, when the user selects a map item within the graphical window (202), the text window (210) displays a text record that includes attributes (242) associated with the currently selected item. Attributes may include, for example, a street name, or a relationship of the current item to another item. The system can display these relationships within the text window. In one embodiment, the attributes that include links to related map items or to related items of information are highlighted or are visibly identified (249) in some manner. The operator can then select a highlighted attribute to traverse to, and display the new map item. The graphical window display can be updated in parallel with the text window.
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33 Claims
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18. A system for associating associate text and graphical views of map information, comprising:
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a display device; a first window that displays an image of a map, wherein the map comprises a plurality of map items displayed therein; an interface that allows a user to select at least one of the map items displayed within the map as a user-selected map item; and a second window that displays a textual representation of the user-selected map item, a set of information that corresponds to the user-selected map item, and a visual indication of at least one relationship between the user-selected map item and at least one other map item. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for associating associate text and graphical views of map information, comprising:
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(a) a display that displays an image of a map, wherein the map comprises a plurality of map items displayed therein, and an interface that allows a user to select at least one of the map items displayed within the map as a user-selected map item; (b) logic for determining one or more relationships between the user-selected map item and at least one other map item; (c) a set of information that corresponds to the user-selected map item; (d) a windows that displays a textual representation of the set of information that corresponds to the user-selected map item, and that further comprises a visual indication of at least one of the relationships between the user-selected map item and the at least one other map item; and (e) an interface that allows the user to select a subsequent user-selected map item from the map or the textual representation, wherein the system then displays a new image of the map, retrieves a set of information that corresponds to the subsequent user-selected map item, displays a textual representation of the set of information that corresponds to the subsequent user-selected map item, and allows the user to repeat step (e) as desired for subsequent user-selected map items. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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