Intelligent reverse geocoding
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving location information for a mobile device, the location information characterizing a location of the mobile device and a degree of error of the location of the mobile device;
determining a shape icon that characterizes the location information, wherein the shape icon circumscribes a given geographic area that includes the mobile device;
identifying one or more geographic reference points at least partially within or proximate to the given geographic area;
modifying a size of the shape icon based on an estimated degree of accuracy of the location information that is based on the identifying; and
outputting a graphical map that includes the size modified shape icon.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for obtaining location information from a location source. A geographic reference point is determined based on accuracy of the location information. The geographic reference point is incorporated into a location result.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving location information for a mobile device, the location information characterizing a location of the mobile device and a degree of error of the location of the mobile device; determining a shape icon that characterizes the location information, wherein the shape icon circumscribes a given geographic area that includes the mobile device; identifying one or more geographic reference points at least partially within or proximate to the given geographic area; modifying a size of the shape icon based on an estimated degree of accuracy of the location information that is based on the identifying; and outputting a graphical map that includes the size modified shape icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A location system comprising:
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a memory to store machine readable instructions; and one or more processors to access the memory and execute the machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions comprising; a ranker module that; receives location information for a mobile device, wherein the location information characterizes a location of the mobile device and a degree of error of the location of the mobile device; determines a shape icon that encloses a geographic area in which the mobile device is located; identifies a plurality of geographic reference points for the shape icon, wherein each geographic reference point is at least partially enclosed by the shape icon or proximate to the shape icon; and determines a score for a plurality of location results based on the identified one or more geographic reference points; a location result selector that; selects the location result with a highest score; and modifies a size of the shape icon to include at least one of the plurality of geographic reference points based on the selected location result; and a graphical user interface (GUI) that; outputs a geographic map that includes the modified shape icon. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile computing device comprising:
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a ranking module that receives location information of the mobile computing device, wherein the location data includes accuracy data specifying a degree of error in the location data; a shape icon determination module to generate a shape icon representing a current location of the mobile computing device that is sufficiently sized to characterize the degree of error in the location data; wherein the ranking module further estimates a degree of accuracy of the location information based on one or more geographic reference points that are at least partially enclosed in the shape icon or are proximate to the shape icon; an icon modification module to modify a size of the shape icon according to the degree of accuracy of the location information; and a display to display a map that includes the size modified shape icon. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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