Server implemented geographic information system with graphical interface

• US 10,437,850 B1
• Filed: 12/19/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Palantir Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Hong, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Sweeney, Brian P
• Application Number:
  US15/847,576
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/62 Semi-transparency
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/14 Transformations for image registration, e.g. adjusting or mapping for alignment of images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof

Abstract

Example embodiments described herein pertain to a geographic information system (GIS), configured to obtain geospatial data representing a geographic area, assign a projection and coordinate system to the geospatial data, apply a transformation to the geospatial data, and generate a tile cache based on the transformed geospatial data, the tile cache including the determined projection and coordinate system.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor among the processors, causes the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving geospatial data at the system, the geospatial data including image data that depicts a geographic area;

identifying a base map from among a plurality of base maps based on the image data that depicts the geographic area in response to the receiving the geospatial data, the base map having a base projection and base coordinate system;

applying a transformation to the geospatial data based on the base projection and base coordinate system of the base map; and

generating a tile cache based on the transformed geospatial data, the tile cache including the base projection and base coordinate system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the image data includes:

identifying a depiction of a landmark within the image data of the geospatial data; and

selecting the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the depiction of the landmark.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps is based on the geographic area depicted by the image data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the geospatial data has a first orientation, the base map has a base orientation, and the applying the transformation to the geospatial data based on the base projection and base coordinate system of the base map includes:

rotating the geospatial data to align the first orientation of the geospatial data with the base orientation of the base map.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the image data includes:

causing display of an interface that comprises a presentation of the plurality of base maps within the graphical user interface, the presentation of the plurality of base maps including the base map; and

receiving a selection of the base map from among the presentation of the plurality of base maps.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the system to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a request to display the geographic area from a client device;

retrieving the tile cache in response to the request to display the geographic area; and

rendering a presentation of the geographic area at the client device based on the tile cache.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the rendering the presentation of the geographic area at the client device based on the tile cache includes:

transmitting a portion of the tile cache to the client device; and

rendering the geographic area based on the portion of the tile cache.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving geospatial data at the system, the geospatial data including image data that depicts a geographic area;

identifying a base map from among a plurality of base maps based on the image data that depicts the geographic area in response to the receiving the geospatial data, the base map having a base projection and base coordinate system;

applying a transformation to the geospatial data based on the base projection and base coordinate system of the base map; and

generating a tile cache based on the transformed geospatial data, the tile cache including the base projection and base coordinate system.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the image data includes:

identifying a depiction of a landmark within the image data of the geospatial data; and

selecting the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the depiction of the landmark.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps is based on the geographic area depicted by the image data.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the geospatial data has a first orientation, the base map has a base orientation, and the applying the transformation to the geospatial data based on the base projection and base coordinate system of the base map includes:

rotating the geospatial data to align the first orientation of the geospatial data with the base orientation of the base map.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the image data includes:

causing display of an interface that comprises a presentation of the plurality of base maps within the graphical user interface, the presentation of the plurality of base maps including the base map; and

receiving a selection of the base map from among the presentation of the plurality of base maps.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the machine to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a request to display the geographic area from a client device;

retrieving the tile cache in response to the request to display the geographic area; and

rendering a presentation of the geographic area at the client device based on the tile cache.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the rendering the presentation of the geographic area at the client device based on the tile cache includes:

transmitting a portion of the tile cache to the client device; and

rendering the geographic area based on the portion of the tile cache.

15. A method comprising:

receiving geospatial data at the system, the geospatial data including image data that depicts a geographic area;

identifying a base map from among a plurality of base maps based on the image data that depicts the geographic area in response to the receiving the geospatial data, the base map having a base projection and base coordinate system;

applying a transformation to the geospatial data based on the base projection and base coordinate system of the base map; and

generating a tile cache based on the transformed geospatial data, the tile cache including the base projection and base coordinate system.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the image data includes:

identifying a depiction of a landmark within the image data of the geospatial data; and

selecting the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the depiction of the landmark.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps is based on the geographic area depicted by the image data.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the geospatial data has a first orientation, the base map has a base orientation, and the applying the transformation to the geospatial data based on the base projection and base coordinate system of the base map includes:

rotating the geospatial data to align the first orientation of the geospatial data with the base orientation of the base map.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the identifying the base map from among the plurality of base maps based on the image data includes:

causing display of an interface that comprises a presentation of the plurality of base maps within the graphical user interface, the presentation of the plurality of base maps including the base map; and

receiving a selection of the base map from among the presentation of the plurality of base maps.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request to display the geographic area from a client device;

retrieving the tile cache in response to the request to display the geographic area; and

rendering a presentation of the geographic area at the client device based on the tile cache.