Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to measure geographical features using an image of a geographical location
First Claim
1. A tangible computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
- divide an image of a geographic area of interest into a plurality of geographical zones, the geographical zones being representative of different geographical areas having approximately equal physical areas;
measure a geographical feature represented in the image for corresponding ones of the plurality of geographical zones;
store descriptions for the geographical zones in a computer memory;
store values representative of the geographical feature of the geographical zones;
sort the geographical zones into bins based on a comparison of the values to ranges of values, the ranges of values corresponding to the bins; and
determine a number of zones to be sampled in one of the bins based on the range of values corresponding to the one of the bins.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to measure geographical features using an image of a geographical location are disclosed. An example method includes dividing, with a processor, an image of a geographic area of interest into a plurality of geographical zones, the geographical zones being representative of different geographical areas having approximately equal physical areas, measuring, with the processor, a geographical feature represented in the image for corresponding ones of the plurality of geographical zones, storing descriptions for the geographical zones in a computer memory, and storing values representative of the geographical feature of the geographical zones.
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16 Claims
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1. A tangible computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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divide an image of a geographic area of interest into a plurality of geographical zones, the geographical zones being representative of different geographical areas having approximately equal physical areas; measure a geographical feature represented in the image for corresponding ones of the plurality of geographical zones; store descriptions for the geographical zones in a computer memory; store values representative of the geographical feature of the geographical zones; sort the geographical zones into bins based on a comparison of the values to ranges of values, the ranges of values corresponding to the bins; and determine a number of zones to be sampled in one of the bins based on the range of values corresponding to the one of the bins. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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2. A method, comprising:
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dividing, with a processor, an image of a geographic area of interest into a plurality of geographical zones, the geographical zones being representative of different geographical areas having approximately equal physical areas; measuring, with the processor, a geographical feature represented in the image for corresponding ones of the plurality of geographical zones; storing descriptions for the geographical zones in a computer memory; storing values representative of the geographical feature of the geographical zones; sorting the geographical zones into bins based on a comparison of the values to ranges of values, the ranges of values corresponding to the bins; and determining a number of zones to be sampled in one of the bins based on the range of values corresponding to the one of the bins. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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an image divider to divide an image of a geographic area of interest into a plurality of geographical zones; a zone analyzer to measure a geographical feature of a first one of the plurality of geographical zones based on a feature in the image, wherein the geographical feature is representative of a potential market within the geographical zone; a memory to store a description of the first geographical zone with a value representative of the geographical feature of the first geographical zone; and a sample stratifier to; sort the geographical zones into bins based on a comparison of the values to ranges of values, the ranges of values corresponding to the bins; and determine a number of zones to be sampled in one of the bins based on the range of values corresponding to the one of the bins. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 12)
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