Electronic map with a drawing feature

• US 20070143676A1
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Online Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Online Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Shu-Ching
• Application Number:
  US11/312,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20070143676A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/02 by conversion into electric waveforms and subsequent integration, e.g. using tachometer generator G01C22/002, G01C22/004, G01C22/006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• 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: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

An electronic map with a drawing feature is provided by the invention that allows user to border an area or depict a route as a graphic drawing line on the electronic map directly and make relationship between the drawing and the electronic map, whereby the drawing will be zoomed in and out to fit with current scale of the electronic map and provide the real estate company an aid in deploying and assigning the business region.

Claims

1. In an electronic map comprising

a graphic map comprising multiple digital landform objects and digital route objects;

defining means for defining the digital landform objects and the digital route objects to individual objects, respectively;

displaying means for establishing relative coordinate relationship between the drafted object, the digital landform objects and the digital route objects on the graphic map; and

drawing means for draw a graphic object on the graphic map and defining the drafted graphic object to be an individual object on the graphic map.

2. The electronic map as claimed in claim 1, wherein the graphic map further comprises multiple digital landmark objects;

and

the defining means for defining the digital landmark objects to individual objects, respectively.

3. The electronic map as claimed in claim 2 further comprising route grouping means for grouping the digital route objects into multiple route layers according to characters of the digital route objects.

4. The electronic map as claimed in claim 3 further comprising landform grouping means for grouping the digital landform objects into multiple landform layers according to characters of the digital landform objects.

5. The electronic map as claimed in claim 4 further comprising landmark grouping means for grouping the digital landmark objects into multiple landmark layers according to characters of the digital landmark objects.

6. The electronic map as claimed in claim 5, 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.

7. The electronic map as claimed in claim 1 further comprises distance measuring means for setting a first point Ps referring to an digital landform object and a second point P_F referred to an digital landform object and popping up a tip to show the distance between the two points.