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System for increasing accuracy of geocode data

  • US 7,636,901 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2004
  • Issued: 12/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for interactively modifying geographic coordinates corresponding to a street address comprising:

  • displaying a map representing a geographical area that includes an indication of the location of the street address;

    displaying a geo-referenced image of the geographical area;

    upon selection of a control accepting manual selection by a user of a corrected location of the street address, the manual selection of the corrected location made directly on the geo-referenced image at a particular point on the image, computing geographic coordinates of the corrected location from x,y display coordinates corresponding to the particular point on the image;

    redrawing the map based on the computed geographic coordinates; and

    displaying an indication of the corrected location of the street address in the redrawn map at the computed geographic coordinates.

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