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Global position mapping system having a mobile docking station and method for use of same

  • US 7,444,238 B1
  • Filed: 01/31/2005
  • Issued: 10/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mapping apparatus comprising:

  • a handheld mapping device having a global positioning receiver;

    a mobile docking station operable to share data with the handheld mapping device;

    a wide area detail database operably connected to the docking station, containing data of a first geographic data type for a wide geographic area;

    a wide area base database disposed within the handheld mapping device, containing data of a second geographic data type for the wide geographic area;

    a local area detail database disposed within the handheld mapping device, containing data of the first geographic data type for a local geographic area comprising a portion of the wide geographic area; and

    a local area detail database update module operable to update the local area detail database with data from the wide area detail database according to positional data received from the global positioning receiver.

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