Intelligent Distributed Geographic Information System
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Abstract
Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.
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15. A method for automatically updating digital maps, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors via a communication network from a geographic information systems (GIS) server system, geographic information for generating interactive digital maps; generating, by one or more processors, a digital map of a geographic area using the received geographic information; receiving, by the one or more processors via the communication network, a description of an event from a third-party content server; geolocating the event using the description of the event, by the one or more processors, to determine a location of the event; and placing, by the one or more processors, an icon on the digital map at the determined location. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A client device comprising:
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one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the client device to; receive, via a communication network from a geographic information systems (GIS) server system, geographic information for generating interactive digital maps, generate a digital map of a geographic area using the received geographic information, receive, via the communication network, a description of an event from a third-party content server, geolocate the event using the description of the event to determine a location of the event, and place an icon on the digital map at the determined location. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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