Electronic map and method for rapidly finding a geographic location of a landmark in the electronic map

• US 20060109145A1
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Online Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Online Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Shu-Ching
• Application Number:
  US11/312,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20060109145A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/995.240
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/102 using electrical means

Abstract

An electronic map and a method for rapidly finding a geographic location of a landmark in the electronic map will automatically shift and center the electronic map on a selected landmark to provide user the clearest surrounding route as well as rapidly acquaint the user the neighbor geographic location of the landmark.

Claims

1. In an electronic map comprising symbolizing means for symbolizing objects on a graphic map into digital landmark objects and digital route objects;

displaying means for establishing relative coordinate relationship between the digital landmark objects and the digital route objects on the graphic map; and

shifting means for automatically shifting the graphic map to make a selected digital landmark object as a center of the graphic map.

2. The electronic map as claimed in claim 1 further comprises

informing means for providing real-time information of the selected digital landmark object.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the real-time information has a pop-up information window and comprises information of at least one of Address, TEL, FAX, Business Hours and URL.

4. The electronic map as claimed in claim 3 further comprises drawing means for draw a graphic drawing on the graphic map.

5. The electronic map as claimed in claim 4, wherein

the drawing means comprises a color menu for a user selecting a desired color in color menu and a tool menu for the user selecting a desired line shape in tool menu.

6. A method for rapidly finding a geographic location of a landmark in the electronic map in claim 1 and comprising steps of

symbolizing objects on a graphic map into digital landmark objects and establishing relative coordinate relationship between the digital landmark objects and digital route objects;

selecting one of the digital landmark objects on the graphic map;

shifting the graphic map to make a selected digital landmark object as a center of the graphic map.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the centering the graphic map on the selected digital landmark object step comprises centering the graphic map on the selected digital landmark object and shifting the graphic map around to make a user rapidly find the neighbor geographic location of the landmark.