Method for combining data with maps
First Claim
1. A method for integrating map data representing a geographic image with location-relevant information data in real time via communication devices to provide, from said information data, specific information identifying, describing, or otherwise relating to specific locations on the geographic image, and displaying the selected information relating to such locations directly on the geographic image, and for interacting and managing of the data relating to such locations directly on the geographic image, comprising, providing a central controller and at least two separate databases, including a database containing map data and another database containing location-relevant information data, accepting a request from a user for information concerning one or more locations on a geographic image and parsing that request via the central controller into multiple request threads and sending the threads to the databases concerned, returning from each database to the central controller a response conforming to the user request, if available, and, with the central controller, combining the responses from each database into a combined image, and displaying the combined image for the user.
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Abstract
A method and system for taking data in any format, either in a database such as Oracle, SQL, or another common database, and dynamically combining it with geographic information, i.e., a map or aerial or satellite photograph or other image, allows the user to display that data on a map, to analyze that data geographically or spatially or merely to provide information from certain locations. The result can be presented to the user as a single image that can, if desired, be interactive, allowing the user to access additional information not displayed or not capable of displaying on the map.
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1. A method for integrating map data representing a geographic image with location-relevant information data in real time via communication devices to provide, from said information data, specific information identifying, describing, or otherwise relating to specific locations on the geographic image, and displaying the selected information relating to such locations directly on the geographic image, and for interacting and managing of the data relating to such locations directly on the geographic image, comprising,
providing a central controller and at least two separate databases, including a database containing map data and another database containing location-relevant information data, accepting a request from a user for information concerning one or more locations on a geographic image and parsing that request via the central controller into multiple request threads and sending the threads to the databases concerned, returning from each database to the central controller a response conforming to the user request, if available, and, with the central controller, combining the responses from each database into a combined image, and displaying the combined image for the user.
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