Automated travel planning system
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1. A method for generating a list of places of interest related to an identified travel route, the method comprising:
- receiving a user input to request a travel route;
obtaining the travel route between an originating point and a destination point based on vector data that includes at least a first vector and a second vector;
accessing, from across a communications network, a bit-mapped image of a map from a remote computer covering a geographical area that includes at least the originating point and the destination point;
displaying at least a portion of the bit-mapped image;
generating a representation of the travel route, the representation being correlated with at least one position within the bit-mapped image of the map;
displaying the representation of the travel route over the portion of the bit-mapped image at the correlated position;
identifying places of interest associated with the travel route;
modifying the map to depict the places of interest along the travel route; and
displaying the modified map with the representation of the travel route and the places of interest.
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Abstract
A list of places of interest geographically located near a travel route may be generated by accessing a routing database storing shape points capable of defining a travel route, determining a travel route from the shape points stored in the routing database, accessing a place of interest database including geographic centers, selecting from the places of interest database at least one geographic center that is geographically proximate to the travel route, and generating a list of places of interest associated with at least one of the selected geographic centers.
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1. A method for generating a list of places of interest related to an identified travel route, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input to request a travel route; obtaining the travel route between an originating point and a destination point based on vector data that includes at least a first vector and a second vector; accessing, from across a communications network, a bit-mapped image of a map from a remote computer covering a geographical area that includes at least the originating point and the destination point; displaying at least a portion of the bit-mapped image; generating a representation of the travel route, the representation being correlated with at least one position within the bit-mapped image of the map; displaying the representation of the travel route over the portion of the bit-mapped image at the correlated position; identifying places of interest associated with the travel route; modifying the map to depict the places of interest along the travel route; and displaying the modified map with the representation of the travel route and the places of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating a list of places of interest related to an identified travel route, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input to request a travel route; generating the travel route between an originating point and a destination point based on vector data that includes at least a first vector and a second vector; accessing a bit-mapped image of a map that includes a location of at least one of the originating point and the destination point; displaying at least a portion of the bit-mapped image to the user; drawing the travel route over the displayed portion of the bit-mapped image; identifying places of interest associated with the travel route; modifying the map to depict the places of interest along the travel route; and displaying the modified map with the travel route and the places of interest. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for generating a list of places of interest related to an identified travel route, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input to request a travel route; generating, using at least one processor, the travel route between an originating point and a destination point based on vector data that includes at least a first vector and a second vector; accessing a bit-mapped image of a map that includes a location of at least one of the originating point and the destination point; displaying at least a portion of the bit-mapped image; accessing geographic coordinate information for the map; determining a unit system for the map based on the geographic coordinate information for the map; converting the travel route to the unit system for the map; displaying a representation of the travel route over the bit-mapped image, based on the unit system of the map. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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