Method for collaborative display of geographic data
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1. A method for collaborative display of geographic data, said method comprising:
- creating a configuration file, at a computer system, which defines how geographic data collected by a geographic data collection device is represented by at least one visual display property that is associated with a geographic feature and how said geographic data is to be displayed by an office application associated with said computer system after a creation of a geographic data file;
conveying said configuration file to said geographic data collection device wherein said geographic data collection device is physically remote from said computer system;
using said configuration file to create a geographic data file, at said geographic data collection device, in which said geographic data collected by said geographic data collection device pertains;
to a geographic feature, is associated with said at least one visual display property via said configuration file, and is formatted via said at least one visual display property to visually convey information about said geographic feature; and
said office application accessing said geographic data file and automatically displaying said geographic feature at said computer system in a manner consistent with said configuration file.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a method for collaborative display of geographic data. In one embodiment, a configuration file is created which defines how geographic data collected by a geographic data collection device is to be displayed by an office application. The configuration file is used to create a geographic data file in which collected geographic data is formatted to visually convey information about a geographic feature. The office application then accesses the geographic data file and automatically displays the geographic feature in a manner which is consistent with the configuration file.
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1. A method for collaborative display of geographic data, said method comprising:
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creating a configuration file, at a computer system, which defines how geographic data collected by a geographic data collection device is represented by at least one visual display property that is associated with a geographic feature and how said geographic data is to be displayed by an office application associated with said computer system after a creation of a geographic data file; conveying said configuration file to said geographic data collection device wherein said geographic data collection device is physically remote from said computer system; using said configuration file to create a geographic data file, at said geographic data collection device, in which said geographic data collected by said geographic data collection device pertains;
to a geographic feature, is associated with said at least one visual display property via said configuration file, and is formatted via said at least one visual display property to visually convey information about said geographic feature; andsaid office application accessing said geographic data file and automatically displaying said geographic feature at said computer system in a manner consistent with said configuration file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A tangible computer-usable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon wherein the instructions when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for collaborative display of geographic data, said method comprising:
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generating a configuration interface at a computer system; using said configuration interface to select at least one geographic feature at said computer system; using said configuration interface to select at least one desired visual display property to associate with said geographic feature at said computer system; storing said geographic feature and said at least one desired visual display property in a configuration file accessible by a geographic data collection device located physically remote from said computer system; and receiving a geographic data file at said computer system, said geographic data file created by said geographic data collection device using said configuration file such that geographic data collected by said geographic data collection device pertains to said geographic feature and is visually represented in said geographic data file by said at least one desired visual display property. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A geographic data collector comprising:
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a geographic position determining component at said geographic data collector; a feature library comprising at least one geographic feature at said geographic data collector; a configuration file generated by a computer system with an office application and conveyed to said geographic data collector, wherein said configuration file associates a geographic feature with at least one visual display property, and wherein said computer system is located physically remote from said geographic data collector; and a geographic data collection application at said geographic data collector for creating a geographic data file in which collected geographic data pertains to said geographic feature and is formatted, based on said configuration file, to permit said office application at said computer system to visually convey an attribute of said geographic feature based on said at least one visual display property. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A geographic data display system comprising:
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a bus; a memory communicatively coupled with said bus; and a processor communicatively coupled with said bus, said processor for executing a method for collaborative display of geographic data, said method comprising; generating a configuration interface via said processor; using said configuration interface to select a geographic feature via said processor; using said configuration interface to select at least one desired visual display property to associate with said geographic feature via said processor; storing said geographic feature and said at least one desired visual display property in a configuration file accessible by a geographic data collection device located physically remote from said processor; and receiving a geographic data file at said processor, said geographic data file created by said geographic data collection device using said configuration file such that geographic data collected by said geographic data collection device pertains to said geographic feature and is visually represented in said geographic data file by said at least one desired visual display property. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for collaborative display of geographic data, said system comprising:
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a geographic data collector; an office application associated with a computer system which is located physically remote from said geographic data collector, said office application for generating a configuration file for said geographic data collector wherein a geographic feature is associated with a corresponding visual display property; and said geographic data collector comprising a geographic data collection application for receiving said configuration file from said office application and creating a geographic data file based on said configuration file in which collected geographic data pertains to said geographic feature and is formatted to permit said office application to visually convey said geographic feature via said corresponding visual display property. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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