METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN ELECTRONIC RENDERING OF A LOCATE AND/OR MARKING OPERATION USING DISPLAY LAYERS
First Claim
1. A method for providing on a display device an electronic rendering of a locate operation and/or a marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the method comprising:
- A) electronically categorizing locate information, marking information and/or landmark information into a plurality of display layers of the electronic rendering;
B) providing for independent enabling or disabling for display of at least some display layers of the plurality of display layers via at least one user interface; and
C) displaying in a display field of the display device only enabled display layers of the plurality of display layers so as to provide the electronic rendering of the locate operation and/or the marking operation.
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Abstract
Locate information, marking information, and/or landmark information relating to a locate operation and/or a marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility is categorized into a plurality of display layers for electronic rendering. At least some of the display layers may be independently enabled or disabled for display such that only enabled display layers are displayed in a display field of a display device. Alternate enabling and disabling of one or more display layers facilitates comparative viewing of the layers. A layer directory or layer legend pane may be displayed to allow for selective enabling/disabling of one or more layers. One or more layers further may be categorized into sub-layers, and respective sub-layers of a given layer similarly may be independently enabled or disabled for display.
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60 Claims
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1. A method for providing on a display device an electronic rendering of a locate operation and/or a marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the method comprising:
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A) electronically categorizing locate information, marking information and/or landmark information into a plurality of display layers of the electronic rendering; B) providing for independent enabling or disabling for display of at least some display layers of the plurality of display layers via at least one user interface; and C) displaying in a display field of the display device only enabled display layers of the plurality of display layers so as to provide the electronic rendering of the locate operation and/or the marking operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for providing on a display device an electronic rendering of a locate operation and/or a marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory to store processor-executable instructions, and one or more of locate information, marking information and landmark information; at least one user interface; and a processor coupled to the memory, the at least one user interface, and the display device, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the processor; A) categorizes the locate information, the marking information and/or the landmark information into a plurality of display layers of the electronic rendering; B) provides for independent enabling or disabling for display of at least some display layers of the plurality of display layers via the at least one user interface; and C) displays in a display field of the display device only enabled display layers of the plurality of display layers so as to provide the electronic rendering of the locate operation and/or the marking operation. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. At least one computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor in a computer, perform a method for providing on a display device an electronic rendering of a locate operation and/or a marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility, the method comprising:
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A) electronically categorizing locate information, marking information and/or landmark information into a plurality of display layers of the electronic rendering; B) providing for independent enabling or disabling for display of at least some display layers of the plurality of display layers via at least one user interface; and C) displaying in a display field of the display device only enabled display layers of the plurality of display layers so as to provide the electronic rendering of the locate operation and/or the marking operation.
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Specification