Computing systems, devices and methods for identifying important access roads to a geographic location
First Claim
1. A method in a client device having a user interface for displaying geographic location information, the method comprising:
- causing the user interface to display an interactive digital map and a geographic location within the interactive digital map;
detecting, via the user interface, a selection of the geographic location;
determining, by one or more processors, that there is not an important access road associated with the geographic location; and
in response to determining that there is not at least one important access road associated with the geographic location;
associating the geographic location with a geographic area proximate to the geographic location, the geographic area having a boundary,determining at least one important access road that extends from outside the boundary of the geographic area to a point on the boundary of the geographic area, wherein the at least one important access road has a frequency of use that exceeds a predefined threshold,determining at least one route from the point on the boundary of the geographic area to the geographic location, andcausing the user interface to display, in a visual style within the interactive digital map, (i) the at least one important access road from outside the boundary of the geographic area to the point on the boundary of the geographic area, and (ii) the at least one route.
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Abstract
To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.
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1. A method in a client device having a user interface for displaying geographic location information, the method comprising:
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causing the user interface to display an interactive digital map and a geographic location within the interactive digital map; detecting, via the user interface, a selection of the geographic location; determining, by one or more processors, that there is not an important access road associated with the geographic location; and in response to determining that there is not at least one important access road associated with the geographic location; associating the geographic location with a geographic area proximate to the geographic location, the geographic area having a boundary, determining at least one important access road that extends from outside the boundary of the geographic area to a point on the boundary of the geographic area, wherein the at least one important access road has a frequency of use that exceeds a predefined threshold, determining at least one route from the point on the boundary of the geographic area to the geographic location, and causing the user interface to display, in a visual style within the interactive digital map, (i) the at least one important access road from outside the boundary of the geographic area to the point on the boundary of the geographic area, and (ii) the at least one route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computing device for displaying geographic location information, comprising:
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one or more processors; a user interface coupled to the one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing thereon computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to; cause the user interface to display an interactive digital map and a geographic location within the interactive digital map, detect, via the user interface, a selection of the geographic location, determine that there is not an important access road associated with the geographic location, and in response to determining that there is not at least one important access road associated with the geographic location; associate the geographic location with a geographic area proximate to the geographic location, the geographic area having a boundary, determine at least one important access road that extends from outside the boundary of the geographic area to a point on the boundary of the geographic area, wherein the at least one important access road has a frequency of use that exceeds a predefined threshold, determine at least one route from the point on the boundary of the geographic area to the geographic location, and cause the user interface to display, in a visual style within the interactive digital map, (i) the at least one important access road from outside the boundary of the geographic area to the point on the boundary of the geographic area, and (ii) the at least one route. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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