Presenting A Travel Route In A Ground-Based Vehicle

• US 20100332134A1
• Filed: 07/09/2010
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: MapQuest, Inc. (System1 LLC)
• Inventors: Nesbitt, David W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,135,539 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/211
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker

Abstract

Techniques are provided for displaying a map for a route in a ground-based vehicle. The map includes a variable road network map showing finer detail for geographic features near the route and less detail for geographic features farther from the route. The map is displayed based on the travel direction of the ground-based vehicle.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a route, the method comprising:

displaying a map for a route in a ground-based vehicle, the map including a variable road network map showing finer detail for geographic features near the route and less detail for geographic features farther from the route;

receiving a location of the ground-based vehicle from a global positioning system; and

displaying an indication of the location of the ground-based vehicle on the displayed map.

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