CROSS-PLATFORM CLOUD-BASED MAP CREATION

• US 20120215817A1
• Filed: 12/02/2011
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Lorimer, Eli Dylan, WHEELER, Mark Damon, Kramer, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,713,032 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for cross-platform cloud based map creation are described herein. A method embodiment includes receiving one or more GIS datasets in their respective source formats, each GIS dataset comprising one or more map assets, translating the GIS datasets into a platform independent format, and providing the translated GIS datasets and their respective map assets in the platform independent format to one or more client platforms. The embodiment further includes identifying missing map assets and metadata that comprise a GIS dataset, tracking map assets that comprise a single translated GIS dataset to maintain the translated GIS dataset as a single entity, and providing the translated GIS datasets to a serving system.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for creating cross-platform maps, comprising:

receiving one or more GIS datasets in their respective source formats, each GIS dataset comprising one or more map assets;

translating said GIS datasets into a platform independent format; and

providing said translated GIS datasets and their respective map assets in said platform independent format to one or more client platforms,

wherein said translating and said providing are performed using one or more processors.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying missing map assets and metadata that comprise a GIS dataset.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tracking map assets that comprise a single translated GIS dataset to maintain said translated GIS dataset as a single entity.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing said translated GIS datasets to a serving system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting metadata from said one or more map assets; and

storing said metadata for subsequent access by said clients.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

storing said metadata in a first low latency non-persistent memory; and

storing said map assets in a second persistent storage.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said GIS datasets are received from one or more user clients.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said client platforms are configured to display said map assets as two dimensional and three dimensional representations.

9. A computer-based system for creating cross-platform maps, comprising:

one or more processors;

a first module configured to receive one or more GIS datasets in their respective source formats, each GIS dataset comprising one or more map assets;

a second module configured to translate said GIS datasets into a platform independent format; and

a third module configured to provide said translated GIS datasets and their respective map assets in said platform independent format to one or more client platforms,

wherein said first module, said second module and said third module are implemented using the one or more processors.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a fourth module configured to identify missing map assets and metadata that comprise a GIS dataset.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a fourth module configured to track map assets that comprise a single translated GIS dataset to maintain said translated GIS dataset as a single entity.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a fourth module configured to provide said translated GIS datasets to a serving system.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a fourth module configured to extract metadata from said one or more map assets and store said metadata for subsequent access by said clients.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a fifth module configured to store said metadata in a first low latency non-persistent memory and store said map assets in a second persistent storage.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein said GIS datasets are received from one or more user clients.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein said client platforms are configured to display said map assets as two dimensional and three dimensional representations.

17. An article of manufacture including a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving one or more GIS datasets in their respective source formats, each GIS dataset comprising one or more map assets;

translating said GIS datasets into a platform independent format; and

providing said translated GIS datasets and their respective map assets in said platform independent format to one or more client platforms,

wherein said translating and said providing are performed using one or more processors.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

identifying missing map assets and metadata that comprise a GIS dataset.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

tracking map assets that comprise a single translated GIS dataset to maintain said translated GIS dataset as a single entity.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

providing said translated GIS datasets to a serving system.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

extracting metadata from said one or more map assets; and

storing said metadata for subsequent access by said clients.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 21, the operations further comprising:

storing said metadata in a first low latency non-persistent memory; and

storing said map assets in a second persistent storage.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

associating one or more gadgets with said translated GIS datasets and map assets, wherein said gadgets enable interaction with said translated GIS datasets and said map assets.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 23, the operations further comprising:

controlling access to said gadgets using an access control list (ACL).

25. The article of manufacture of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

controlling access to said translated GIS datasets and said map assets using an access control list (ACL).

26. The article of manufacture of claim 18, the operations further comprising:

enabling searching of said GIS datasets using said metadata.

27. The article of manufacture of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

translating map co-ordinates of said map assets from a first format to a second format.

28. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein said second format is a platform independent format.

29. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein said GIS datasets are received from one or more user clients.

30. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein said client platforms are configured to display said map assets as two dimensional and three dimensional representations.