METHOD FOR GENERATING A HISTORICAL-GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION FROM A GEOGRAPHIC MAP
First Claim
1. A method of generating a historical-geographic representation from a geographic map, which comprises:
- graphically rendering a geographic map file on a screen, by means of a computer, as a vector image comprising a primary terrestrial area;
dividing, by using the computer, the primary terrestrial area into a plurality of adjacent, non-overlapping elemental areas, the joining together of the elemental areas covering the entire primary area;
associating, by means of the computer, each elemental area with at least one numerical time interval, indicative of a historical interval included in a macro-numerical interval indicative of a macro-historical period, the numerical interval being associated with a historical layer, indicative of a geopolitical entity;
receiving, in the computer, time data indicative of a historical time included in said macro-historical period;
selecting, by means of the computer, a numerical time interval for each elemental area, said interval including the received time data, and extracting the historical layer associated with the selected numerical time interval;
graphically rendering, by means of the computer, the primary terrestrial area on the monitor, by associating a given numerical light intensity value with each historical layer, such that different historical layers are associated with different numerical light intensity values and the elemental areas associated with the same historical layer are graphically represented with the same light intensity value.
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Abstract
A method of generating a historical-geographic representation from a geographic map, which comprises:—displaying a geographic map on a monitor, by means of a computer, as a vector image comprising a primary terrestrial area;—dividing, by using the computer, the primary terrestrial area into a plurality of adjacent, non-overlapping elemental areas, which together cover the entire primary area;—associating each elemental area with at least one numerical time interval included in a macro-historical period, the numerical interval being associated with a historical layer, indicative of a geopolitical entity;—receiving time data indicative of a historical time included in said macro-historical period;—selecting a numerical time interval for each elemental area, said interval including the time data so received, and extracting the historical layer associated with the selected numerical time interval;—displaying the primary terrestrial area by associating a color to each historical layer, such that different historical layers are associated with different colors and elemental areas associated with the same historical layer are graphically represented with the same color.
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1. A method of generating a historical-geographic representation from a geographic map, which comprises:
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graphically rendering a geographic map file on a screen, by means of a computer, as a vector image comprising a primary terrestrial area; dividing, by using the computer, the primary terrestrial area into a plurality of adjacent, non-overlapping elemental areas, the joining together of the elemental areas covering the entire primary area; associating, by means of the computer, each elemental area with at least one numerical time interval, indicative of a historical interval included in a macro-numerical interval indicative of a macro-historical period, the numerical interval being associated with a historical layer, indicative of a geopolitical entity; receiving, in the computer, time data indicative of a historical time included in said macro-historical period; selecting, by means of the computer, a numerical time interval for each elemental area, said interval including the received time data, and extracting the historical layer associated with the selected numerical time interval; graphically rendering, by means of the computer, the primary terrestrial area on the monitor, by associating a given numerical light intensity value with each historical layer, such that different historical layers are associated with different numerical light intensity values and the elemental areas associated with the same historical layer are graphically represented with the same light intensity value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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