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System and method for facilitating ad hoc compilation of geospatial data for on-line collaboration

  • US 7,467,147 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2005
  • Issued: 12/16/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising programmed digital computer for facilitating ad hoc compilation of geospatial data for on-line collaboration, comprising:

  • a waymark component that is digitally-stored in a memory to form a plurality of waymarks comprising;

    a geospatial component to first, receive from a user, geospatial data defining a location;

    a metadata component to second, define by the user, metadata describing a physical object associated with the location; and

    an association component to third, compile the geospatial data with the metadata for one such waymark;

    a geospatial data sharing database that is digitally-stored with an exportable schema, comprising;

    one or more dynamically defined categories under which to store the waymarks in; and

    at least one variable dynamically associated with each such category to identify the metadata and to define one or more attributes specifying a type of data in agreement with the metadata storable in identity with each such variable;

    a publisher component executed on a computer to publish the categories on-line comprising;

    a storage component to store each waymark under one such category in the geospatial data sharing database based on the metadata defined by the user; and

    an access component to access one such waymark in response to a request from another user for that waymark; and

    a log component to log an interaction between the other user and the physical object associated with the metadata of the accessed waymark.

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