Portable globe creation for geographical information system

• US 9,704,280 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2017
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Jagadev, Manas Ranjan, Lorimer, Eli Dylan, Peterson, Bret, Raman, Vijay, Wheeler, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Phi
• Application Number:
  US15/411,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20170132825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 172 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/56 having vectorial format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/08 Bandwidth reduction
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/36 Level of detail
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

Portable globes may be provided for viewing regions of interest in a Geographical Information System (GIS). A method for providing a portable globe for a GIS may include determining one or more selected regions corresponding to a geographical region of a master globe. The method may further include organizing geospatial data from the master globe based on the selected region and creating the portable globe based on the geospatial data. The portable globe may be smaller in data size than the master globe. The method may include transmitting the portable globe to a local device that may render the selected region at a higher resolution than the remainder of the portable globe in the GIS. A system for providing a portable globe may include a selection module, a fusion module and a transmitter. A system for updating a portable globe may include a packet bundler and a globe cutter.

Claims

1. A method for providing a portable globe for a geographical information system (GIS), comprising:

receiving at least one selected region corresponding to a geographical region covering a portion of a master globe, the master globe having geospatial data for the geographical region of the master globe;

accessing geospatial data from the master globe based on the at least one selected region;

creating the portable globe based on the accessed geospatial data from the master globe, wherein the portable globe is smaller in data size than the master globe and comprises data files that include greater geospatial data for the at least one selected region than for the remainder of the portable globe; and

transmitting the entire portable globe to a local device configured to render the portable globe in the GIS, wherein the at least one selected region is capable of being rendered at a higher resolution than the remainder of the portable globe.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing geospatial data includes retrieving master globe tiles and data for the selected region in order for the portable globe to be rendered at for the at least one selected region.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing geospatial data further includes retrieving master globe tiles and data at a higher resolution for imagery, terrain and vector data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing geospatial data includes retrieving searchable data from the master globe for the at least one selected region.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving includes querying a database for one or more geographical coordinates based on query information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the geospatial data comprises vector data.

7. A computing system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices, the one or more processors configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices that cause the one or more memory devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving at least one selected region corresponding to a geographical region covering a portion of a master globe, the master globe having geospatial data for the geographical region of the master globe;

accessing geospatial data from the master globe based on the at least one selected region;

creating a portable globe based on the accessed geospatial data from the master globe, wherein the portable globe is smaller in data size than the master globe and comprises data files that include greater geospatial data for the at least one selected region than for the remainder of the portable globe; and

transmitting the entire portable globe to a local device configured to render the portable globe in the GIS, wherein the at least one selected region is capable of being rendered at a higher resolution than the remainder of the portable globe.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operation of accessing geospatial data includes retrieving master globe tiles and data for the selected region in order for the portable globe to be rendered at for the at least one selected region.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the operation of accessing geospatial data further includes retrieving master globe tiles and data at a higher resolution for imagery, terrain and vector data.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the operation of accessing geospatial data includes retrieving searchable data from the master globe for the at least one selected region.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the operation of receiving includes querying a database for one or more geographical coordinates based on query information.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the geospatial data comprises vector data.