Method, system, and computer-readable medium for user-assignment of geographic data to an image file

• US 20050273725A1
• Filed: 06/07/2004
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Russon, Virgil Kay, Rudd, Michael Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US10/862,677
• Publication Number:
  US 20050273725A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

A system for associating geographic data with an image data set comprises an input device operable to receive user input provided thereto and a memory device adapted to store an image data set is provided. The user supplied input specifies geographic data and the system associates the geographic data with the image data set.

Claims

1. A method of associating geographic data with an image data set, comprising:

receiving a user input identifying a geographic location to associate with a computer-readable image data set; and

associating the geographic location with the image data set.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a user input that specifies the image data set.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a user input further comprises receiving a text entry provided by the user.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a map in a graphical user interface, the user input indicating the geographic location on the map.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving a user input further comprises receiving a selection of a location on a map.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising identifying coordinate value of a selected geographic location.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein receiving a user input comprises receiving a user input via a touch-sensitive screen.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein identifying a coordinate value further comprises associating a coordinate system with the map.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein receiving a user input identifying a geographic location further comprises translating the coordinate value into a latitude and longitude.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein associating the geographic location further comprises writing data specifying the geographic location into a field of the image data set.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein writing the data into the field further comprises writing the data into the field having a tag identifying the field as a global positioning system field.

12. A system for associating geographic data with an image data set, comprising:

an input device operable to receive a user input provided thereto; and

a memory device adapted to store an image data set, the user input specifying geographic data that is associated with the image data set.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the memory device stores a data set defining a geographic map for display.

14. The system according to claim 12, the user input specifying an area of a geographic map defined by the data set.

15. The system according to claim 12, further comprising a display device for display of a graphical user interface including a map.

16. The system according to claim 12, further comprising a file manager adapted to display a representation of the image data set.

17. The system according to claim 12, the user input made by selecting a representation of the image data set displayed on a graphical user interface.

18. The system according to claim 12, the user input made by performing a drag-and-drop procedure via a graphical user interface of a representation of the image data set onto a displayed map.

19. The system according to claim 12, wherein the input device is a pointer device.

20. The system according to claim 12, further comprising a display device adapted to display a map and a pointer of a pointer device indicating a position of the map, the system adapted to translate the position of the pointer device into geographic data associated with the position of the map.

21. The system according to claim 12, wherein the input device comprises a keyboard.

22. The system according to claim 12, further comprising a table comprising records of geographic locations and associated latitude and longitude values, the system adapted to index a record with a key of a keyboard comprising the user input.

23. The system according to claim 12, wherein the input device comprises a touch-sensitive screen.

24. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon an instruction set to be executed, the instruction set, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

receive a user input specifying a geographic location; and

associate geographic data of the location with an image file.

25. The computer-readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to display a representation of the image file in a graphical user interface.

26. The computer-readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to display a geographic map.

27. The computer-readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to receive the user input comprising a coordinate of a pointer positioned on a map.

28. The computer-readable medium according to claim 24, wherein associating the geographic data with the image file further comprises writing the geographic data to a field of the image file.

29. The computer-readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to index a record of a table with a key comprising the user input, the geographic data retrieved from the indexed record.

30. The computer-readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the processor, further causes the processor to:

display a geographic map; and

translate a coordinate of a pointer displayed on an area of the map into geographic data associated with the area.