Vertical floor expansion on an interactive digital map
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1. A method for providing an interactive display of multi-story buildings displayed on a digital map, the method comprising:
- displaying a digital map of a geographic area via a touchscreen;
displaying, on the digital map, an exploded-view of a three-dimensional (3D) stack of a plurality of floor maps corresponding to a plurality of floors of a multi-story building located in the geographic area,(i) the exploded view of the 3D stack including two floor maps for two adjacent floors, the two floor maps including a first floor map and a second floor map separated by a vertical space, the first floor map corresponding to a first floor from the plurality of floors and the second floor map corresponding to a second floor from the plurality of floors, wherein the second floor is positioned directly above the first floor in the multi-story building, and(ii) each of the plurality of floor maps laid out on a plane different than the plane of the touchscreen;
detecting, via the touchscreen, a pinch gesture, wherein the pinch gesture is applied to the exploded-view of the 3D stack, wherein the detected pinch gesture is a motion in a direction along a vertical axis of the 3D stack; and
revealing internal features for the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map by adjusting the exploded-view of the 3D stack of the plurality of floor maps by increasing the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map in accordance with the pinch gesture, including not modifying a zoom level at which the two of the plurality of floor maps are displayed;
wherein revealing the internal features for the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map includes;
revealing the internal features for the first floor map when the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map is greater than a threshold value.
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Abstract
A digital map of a geographic area is displayed via a user interface, and a 3D representation of a multi-story building located in the geographic area is displayed on the digital map. The 3D representation includes multiple stacked floor maps corresponding to the floors of the multi-story building. In response to the detection of a pinch gesture that is applied to the 3D representation, a vertical distance between each floor map is expanded relative to the detected pinch gesture to reveal features of an internal map that corresponds to each floor map.
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1. A method for providing an interactive display of multi-story buildings displayed on a digital map, the method comprising:
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displaying a digital map of a geographic area via a touchscreen; displaying, on the digital map, an exploded-view of a three-dimensional (3D) stack of a plurality of floor maps corresponding to a plurality of floors of a multi-story building located in the geographic area, (i) the exploded view of the 3D stack including two floor maps for two adjacent floors, the two floor maps including a first floor map and a second floor map separated by a vertical space, the first floor map corresponding to a first floor from the plurality of floors and the second floor map corresponding to a second floor from the plurality of floors, wherein the second floor is positioned directly above the first floor in the multi-story building, and (ii) each of the plurality of floor maps laid out on a plane different than the plane of the touchscreen; detecting, via the touchscreen, a pinch gesture, wherein the pinch gesture is applied to the exploded-view of the 3D stack, wherein the detected pinch gesture is a motion in a direction along a vertical axis of the 3D stack; and revealing internal features for the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map by adjusting the exploded-view of the 3D stack of the plurality of floor maps by increasing the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map in accordance with the pinch gesture, including not modifying a zoom level at which the two of the plurality of floor maps are displayed; wherein revealing the internal features for the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map includes;
revealing the internal features for the first floor map when the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map is greater than a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method in a computing device for providing a digital map, the method comprising:
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displaying an exploded-view of a three-dimensional (3D) stack of a plurality of floor maps corresponding to a plurality of floors of a multi-story building located in a geographic area, (i) the exploded view of the 3D stack including two floor maps for two adjacent floors, the two floor maps including a first floor map and a second floor map separated by a vertical space, the first floor map corresponding to a first one of the plurality of floors and the second floor map corresponding to a second one of the plurality of floors, wherein the second floor is positioned directly above the first floor in the multi-story building, and (ii) each of the plurality of floor maps laid out on a plane different than the plane of the touchscreen; detecting, via a touchscreen, a pinch gesture, wherein the pinch gesture is applied to the exploded-view of the 3D stack and wherein the detected pinch gesture is a motion in a direction along a vertical axis of the 3D stack, including; (i) detecting a first point of contact overlaying a third floor map corresponding to a third one of the plurality of floors, and (ii) detecting a second point of contact overlaying a fourth floor map corresponding to a fourth one of the plurality of floors, wherein at least one of the plurality of floors is not between the third one of the plurality of floors and the fourth one of the plurality of floors; revealing internal features of the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map by adjusting the exploded-view of the 3D stack of the plurality of floor maps by increasing the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map, wherein the first floor map and the second floor map are within a range between the third floor map and the fourth floor map, including not modifying vertical distances between one or more pairs of floor maps outside the range; wherein revealing the internal features of the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map includes;
revealing the internal features for the first floor map when the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map is greater than a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, executable by a processor, for providing an interactive display of multi-story buildings displayed on a digital map, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for displaying a digital map of a geographic area via a touchscreen; instructions for displaying, on the digital map, an exploded-view of a three-dimensional (3D) stack of a plurality of floor maps corresponding to a plurality of floors of a multi-story building located in a geographic area, (i) the exploded view of the 3D stack including two floor maps for two adjacent floors, the two floor maps including a first floor map and a second floor map separated by a vertical space, the first floor map corresponding to a first one of the two adjacent floors and the second floor map corresponding to a second one of the two adjacent floors, the second floor positioned directly above the first floor in the multi-story building, and (ii) each of the plurality of floor maps laid out on a plane different than the plane of the touchscreen; instructions for detecting, via the touchscreen, a pinch gesture, wherein the pinch gesture is applied to the exploded-view of the 3D stack and wherein the detected pinch gesture is a motion in a direction along a vertical axis of the 3D stack; and instructions for revealing internal features of the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map by adjusting the exploded-view of the 3D stack of the plurality of floor maps by increasing the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map in accordance with the pinch gesture, including not modifying a zoom level at which the two floor maps are displayed; wherein revealing the internal features of the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map includes;
revealing the internal features of the first floor map when the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map is greater than a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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