Spatial Data Portal

• US 20070294284A1
• Filed: 07/30/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CeleritasWorks, LLC (RGS Senior Management Group, LC)
• Original Assignee: CeleritasWorks, LLC (RGS Senior Management Group, LC)
• Inventors: Evans, Scott
• Granted Patent: US 8,224,867 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A system and method link one or more disparate datasets with one or more spatial layers to create linked datasets. One or more data attributes common to the dataset and the spatial layer are identified, and the linkage is defined between the dataset and the spatial layer. The spatial layer and the linked data set then may be queried using a single input query. Features from the spatial layer and features from the linked dataset that match the query are generated for display.

Claims

1. A system for spatially associating data, the system operable with at least one processor and comprising:

at least one spatial layer with spatial data comprising at least one spatial data attribute;

at least one dataset with feature data comprising at least one feature data attribute;

at least one configuration element configured to spatially link the at least one dataset and the at least one spatial layer through at least one common data attribute;

a spatial processing system configured to initiate at least one query of the spatially linked dataset and spatial layer and to determine at least one result of the query comprising selected feature data and selected spatial data, to generate map data identifying at least a portion of the selected spatial data, and to generate at least another portion of the selected feature data; and

a user interface configured to generate the at least the portion of the selected feature data and the map data for display.

2. A system for spatially associating geospatial data, feature data, and document data, wherein at least some first feature data is spatially linked to at least first spatial data to create spatially linked feature data and at least some document data is linked to at least one member of a group consisting of at least some second feature data and at least some second spatial data, the system operable with at least one processor and comprising:

a user interface configured to receive an input and to generate display elements corresponding to a result of at least one query of the spatially linked feature data and linked document data based on the input, the result comprising selected geospatial data, selected feature data, selected linked feature data, and selected linked document data identifying at least one document associated with at least a portion of the selected spatial data or at least another portion of the selected feature data, the display elements comprising;

a map image comprising;

an area corresponding to at least the portion of the selected geospatial data;

a plurality of features indicating locations in the area corresponding to selected feature data; and

a feature display frame configured to display at least the other portion of selected feature data, the selected document data, and at least some selected linked feature data.