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Computer system for continuous oblique panning

DC CAFC
  • US 8,593,518 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2008
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sequence of instructions stored on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium for running on a computer system capable of displaying and navigating oblique imagery, comprising:

  • instructions for displaying a pixel representation of a primary oblique image depicting a first area, the primary oblique image being part of a set of adjacent oblique images that partially, but not completely, overlap and represent an area of interest;

    instructions for panning within the primary oblique image, the primary oblique image including overlapping data;

    instructions for detecting a transition event, triggered by a user, of the displayed primary oblique image;

    instructions for selecting at least one adjacent secondary oblique image depicting a second area partially overlapping with the first area and from the set of oblique images corresponding to a supplied location coordinate, the second area extending beyond the first area; and

    instructions for displaying the primary oblique image and the at least one adjacent secondary oblique image on a same display such that features in the adjacent primary and secondary oblique images are aligned on the same display;

    wherein the primary and secondary oblique images match the perspectives from which the primary and secondary oblique images were captured.

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