Methods and systems for encoding geographic coordinates and features in a portable document format file
First Claim
1. A method of incorporating in at least one electronic graphics file at least one first mapping system in at least one storage medium, comprising:
- storing, in the at least one storage medium, mapping system information in the at least one electronic graphics file, the mapping system information comprising projection information and datum information, wherein the projection information comprises mathematical information that transforms coordinates of features on the Earth'"'"'s three-dimensional surface to coordinates on a two-dimensional surface, and wherein the datum information comprises parameters and control points used to accurately define a three-dimensional shape of the Earth;
storing, in the at least one storage medium, geo-registration information in the at least one electronic graphics file, the geo-registration information comprising information used to accurately transform the coordinates from the two-dimensional surface to a coordinate system of the electronic graphics file; and
storing, in the at least one storage medium, neatline information describing geographic boundary information of a region of the coordinate system of the electronic graphics file to which the geo-registration applies;
wherein the mapping system information, the geo-registration information, and the neatline information enables graphics information to be self-contained in the at least one electronic graphics file and to be associated with map information in at least one second mapping system, the at least one second mapping system different from the at least one first mapping system.
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Abstract
The invention is methods and systems for encoding geographic coordinates and features in a portable document format file. Various embodiments of the invention permit encoding of a geographic relationship between the coordinate system of a digital source map, and the rendering of that map to a portable document format (PDF) document as well as the information required to transform between the source map coordinate system and the PDF coordinate system. This encoding can be performed by determining the coordinates of the points of a polygon of selected source map data to be rendered to PDF in both PDF coordinates and source coordinates, and by determining a transformation matrix to convert the coordinates from one system to the other, including information regarding the geometric projection of the source coordinate system. Having encoded this data, it can be possible to obtain any location within the rendered PDF file in coordinates of the source coordinate system.
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1. A method of incorporating in at least one electronic graphics file at least one first mapping system in at least one storage medium, comprising:
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storing, in the at least one storage medium, mapping system information in the at least one electronic graphics file, the mapping system information comprising projection information and datum information, wherein the projection information comprises mathematical information that transforms coordinates of features on the Earth'"'"'s three-dimensional surface to coordinates on a two-dimensional surface, and wherein the datum information comprises parameters and control points used to accurately define a three-dimensional shape of the Earth; storing, in the at least one storage medium, geo-registration information in the at least one electronic graphics file, the geo-registration information comprising information used to accurately transform the coordinates from the two-dimensional surface to a coordinate system of the electronic graphics file; and storing, in the at least one storage medium, neatline information describing geographic boundary information of a region of the coordinate system of the electronic graphics file to which the geo-registration applies; wherein the mapping system information, the geo-registration information, and the neatline information enables graphics information to be self-contained in the at least one electronic graphics file and to be associated with map information in at least one second mapping system, the at least one second mapping system different from the at least one first mapping system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for incorporating in at least one electronic graphics file at least one first mapping system in at least one storage medium, comprising:
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at least one server coupled to at least one network; at least one user terminal coupled to the at least one network; at least one application coupled to the at least one server and/or the at least one user terminal, wherein the at least one application is configured for; storing, in the at least one storage medium, mapping system information in the at least one electronic graphics file, the mapping system information comprising projection information and datum information, wherein the projection information comprises mathematical information that transforms coordinates of features on the Earth'"'"'s three-dimensional surface to coordinates on a two-dimensional surface, and wherein the datum information comprises parameters and control points used to accurately define a three-dimensional shape of the Earth; storing, in the at least one storage medium, geo-registration information in the at least one electronic graphics file, the geo-registration information comprising information used to accurately transform the coordinates from the two-dimensional surface to a coordinate system of the electronic graphics file; and storing, in the at least one storage medium, neatline information describing geographic boundary information of a region of the coordinate system of the electronic graphics file to which the geo-registration applies; wherein the mapping system information, the geo-registration information, and the neatline information enables graphics information to be self-contained in the at least one electronic graphics file and to be associated with map information in at least one second mapping system, the at least one second mapping system different from the at least one first mapping system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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