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Hybrid maps with embedded street-side images

  • US 8,085,990 B2
  • Filed: 10/08/2010
  • Issued: 12/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented system that provides a scene having a ground-level, first-person perspective within a global map, the system comprising:

  • a global map having a top-down perspective;

    a first image having a ground-level, first-person perspective and depicting a scene visible from a position within the extent of the global map, the scene including one or more objects located within the extent of the global map; and

    an interpolation component that embeds the first image in the global map to produce a hybrid map, the first image embedded in the global map at or near the position and oriented to accurately reflect the location of the one or more objects included in the scene and the perspective of the first image.

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