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Image search for a location

  • US 9,805,061 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2014
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by at least one processor to perform:

  • receiving, by the at least one processor, selection of a location in a search request;

    identifying, by the at least one processor, a region around the location;

    identifying, by the at least one processor, multiple paths, each of the multiple paths having a different direction through the region;

    for each of the multiple paths,identifying, by the at least one processor, points of interest for the path based on a direction of the path, wherein each of the points of interest is identified based on multiple images having been captured by different users at that point of interest and for that direction;

    obtaining, by the at least one processor, images from the multiple images for the points of interest for the direction of the path;

    using, by the at least one processor, the images to create a sequence of images representing a view of the points of interest along the direction of the path; and

    displaying, by the at least one processor, in response to the search request, the sequence of images for each of the multiple paths adjacent to a map that displays each of the multiple paths.

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