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PROGRESSIVE DISCLOSURE OF INDOOR MAPS

  • US 20140253538A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2013
  • Published: 09/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a computing device for providing an intuitive display of a building on a digital map, the method comprising:

  • displaying a digital map of a geographic area via a user interface of the computing device from a perspective of a virtual camera;

    displaying, on the digital map, a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a building located in the geographic area, including displaying an external shell of the building;

    receiving, via the user interface, a request to change a position of the virtual camera to approach the 3D representation of the building;

    in response to the received request, changing the position of the virtual camera to approach the 3D representation of the building; and

    as the position of the virtual camera is changed to approach the 3D representation of the building, simultaneously (i) increasing transparency of the external shell of the building to reveal indoor map information drawn within the 3D representation of the building through the partially transparent external shell and (ii) increasing a detail of the indoor map information drawn within the 3D representation of the building.

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