Entity display priority in a distributed geographic information system
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1. A computer-implemented geographic information system (GIS) comprising:
- a processor for executing program code; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code executable to perform steps comprising;
receiving non-cartographic information about a plurality of geospatial entities, each geospatial entity having a geometry and located at a physical location, wherein the information is harvested from a plurality of websites, and wherein the information comprises an attribute of a description of the geospatial entity;
prioritizing the geospatial entities for display on a map using the non-cartographic information and according to a ranking mechanism.
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Abstract
A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.
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1. A computer-implemented geographic information system (GIS) comprising:
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a processor for executing program code; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code executable to perform steps comprising; receiving non-cartographic information about a plurality of geospatial entities, each geospatial entity having a geometry and located at a physical location, wherein the information is harvested from a plurality of websites, and wherein the information comprises an attribute of a description of the geospatial entity; prioritizing the geospatial entities for display on a map using the non-cartographic information and according to a ranking mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20)
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9. A computer-implemented method for ranking geospatial entities, the method comprising:
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receiving non-cartographic geospatial entity data, wherein the data is harvested from a plurality of websites and wherein the non-cartographic geospatial entity data comprises an attribute of a description of the geospatial entity and wherein each geospatial entity has a geometry and is located at a physical location; determining a score by one or more processors for each of the geospatial entities based on the non-cartographic geospatial entity data; ranking by the one or more processors the geospatial entities based on the scores; and storing the ranked geospatial entities. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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