Digitally Generated Set of Regional Shapes for Presenting Information on a Display Screen
First Claim
1. A method of generating digital representations of geographic regional shapes for creating informational overlays from associated data that match the geographic regional shapes to render on a map on a display screen, comprising:
- selecting an area of a map that includes one or more geographic regions for rendering by a processor on a display screen;
downloading map data corresponding to map features appearing within said area of said map;
collecting from said map data a pattern of vertices of intersecting map features;
generating one or more regional shapes that respectively enclose the one or more geographic regions on the display screen based on the pattern of vertices; and
transmitting data sets corresponding to the one or more regional shapes to a processor based device programmed to present information associated with the one or more geographic regions to a user by rendering said map area on a display screen with said presented information overlayed within said one or more geographic regions.
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Abstract
Regional shapes are generated that respectively enclose geographic regions determined within a map area on the display screen. A pattern of vertices is generated within the map area as a set of intersections of map features. Regional shapes are formed by connecting subsets of vertices to form closed shapes. Data sets corresponding to the regional shapes are transmitted to a processor based device that is programmed to render the map area on a display screen with photo overlays that match the regional shapes.
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1. A method of generating digital representations of geographic regional shapes for creating informational overlays from associated data that match the geographic regional shapes to render on a map on a display screen, comprising:
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selecting an area of a map that includes one or more geographic regions for rendering by a processor on a display screen; downloading map data corresponding to map features appearing within said area of said map; collecting from said map data a pattern of vertices of intersecting map features; generating one or more regional shapes that respectively enclose the one or more geographic regions on the display screen based on the pattern of vertices; and transmitting data sets corresponding to the one or more regional shapes to a processor based device programmed to present information associated with the one or more geographic regions to a user by rendering said map area on a display screen with said presented information overlayed within said one or more geographic regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A processor-based device, comprising:
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a processor; a port for sending and receiving data over a network; and one or more digital storage devices having embedded therein code for programming the processor to perform a method of generating or receiving geographic regional shapes for creating matching informational overlays from associated data to render on a map on a display screen, wherein the method comprises; selecting an area of a map that includes one or more geographic regions for rendering by a processor on a display screen; downloading map data corresponding to map features appearing within said area of said map; collecting from said map data a pattern of vertices of intersecting map features; generating one or more regional shapes that respectively enclose the one or more geographic regions on the display screen based on the pattern of vertices; and transmitting data sets corresponding to the one or more regional shapes to a processor based device programmed to present information associated with the one or more geographic regions to a user by rendering said map area on a display screen with said presented information overlayed within said one or more geographic regions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. One or more processor-readable digital storage devices having embedded therein code for programming a processor to perform a method of generating geographic regional shapes for creating matching informational overlays from associated data to render on a map on a display screen, wherein the method comprises:
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selecting an area of a map that includes one or more geographic regions for rendering by a processor on a display screen; downloading map data corresponding to map features appearing within said area of said map; collecting from said map data a pattern of vertices of intersecting map features; generating one or more regional shapes that respectively enclose the one or more geographic regions on the display screen based on the pattern of vertices; and transmitting data sets corresponding to the one or more regional shapes to a processor based device programmed to present information associated with the one or more geographic regions to a user by rendering said map area on a display screen with said presented information overlayed within said one or more geographic regions. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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