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Animated Visualization of GPS Data in a GIS System

  • US 20150178972A1
  • Filed: 05/29/2012
  • Published: 06/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for animated visualization of geo-located objects in a geographic information system including an interactive three-dimensional environment, comprising:

  • determining an active time window for representing a first moving object in the interactive three-dimensional environment based on geographic positioning data associated with the first moving object, the geographic positioning data including a plurality of geographic locations of the first moving object, each location associated with a timestamp representing a time at which the location was recorded;

    determining one or more positions for a graphical representation of the first moving object in the interactive three-dimensional environment based on the geographic positioning data associated with the first moving object;

    automatically visualizing an animation of the graphical representation of the first moving object along a first continuous path in the interactive three-dimensional environment based on the determined active time window, the one or more positions of the graphical representation of the first moving object, and the time stamp associated with each location such that the graphical representation of the first moving object is registered to real world time, the animation of the graphical representation of the first moving object including providing for display a first visual trace representing a movement of the first moving object along the first continuous path in the interactive three-dimensional environment during the active time window; and

    dynamically orienting the animated graphical representation of the first moving object as it is visualized along the first continuous path in the interactive three-dimensional environment based on the geographic positioning data associated with a first moving object,wherein the determining of the active time window, the determining of the one or more positions, the visualizing, and the orienting are performed by one or more computing devices.

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