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System, apparatus and method for mapping

  • US 7,856,312 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2005
  • Issued: 12/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer readable medium for storing programming instructions readable by and executable on a general purpose computer;

  • said programming instructions implementing a method of generating a map of an urban region;

    said programming instructions comprising the steps of;

    receiving remotely sensed data of an urban region that includes a plurality of built forms;

    determining a type of each said built form in said remotely sensed data based on a comparison of said built forms found in said remotely sensed data with a known database of a plurality of different types of built forms; and

    generating user output containing a representation of at least one precinct occupying an area less than an area of said map;

    each precinct comprising indicia identifying said determined type of each built form in said region, said user output presented in a graphical form that represents said region and including a location of each said built form according to said determined type.

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