Navigation system and methods regarding disputed territories

• US 8,996,307 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2009
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Inventors: Weiland, Michael L., Painter, Jeffrey, Dembski, Michael P., Tielens, Bart
• Primary Examiner(s): Kiswanto, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US12/559,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20110066371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,023 Days
• Field of Search: 701/454
• US Class Current: 701/454
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names

Abstract

Systems, devices, features, and methods for operations corresponding to disputed territories are disclosed. For example, one method comprises providing different data records corresponding to geographic features in dispute between multiple geographic entities. The different data records may be used to display different views of a disputed area as recognized by the respective geographic entities.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of operating a navigation system to provide different options in viewing disputed territories, the method comprising:

receiving a request for representing a first geographic entity, the first geographic entity associated with an area having a boundary that is disputed between the first geographic entity and a second geographic entity;

providing, via an end user device, an option to view the first geographic entity;

i) with a first location for the boundary as recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity, and

ii) with a second location for the boundary, the second location different than the first location, as recognized by the second geographic entity and not recognized by the first geographic entity;

when the option to view the first geographic entity with the first location for the boundary as recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity is selected, obtaining, via a processor of the end user device, data records from a geographic database that correspond to the first location for the boundary as recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity; and

providing the data records for map display on the end user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the data records that correspond to the first location for the boundary recognized by the first geographic entity and not recognized by the second geographic entity is based on an attribute or feature type associated with the data records, the attribute or feature type indicating that a respective data record represents part of a border location disputed between the first geographic entity and the second geographic entity.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the option to view the first geographic entity as recognized by the second geographic entity and not recognized by the first geographic entity is selected, obtaining, via the processor of the end user device, data records from the geographic database that correspond to a boundary location recognized by the second geographic entity and not recognized by the first geographic entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first geographic entity comprises a first country and the second geographic entity comprises a second country.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first geographic entity comprises a first state or province and the second geographic entity comprises a second state or province.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, via the end user device, the option to view the first geographic entity further comprises:

iii) with a third location for the boundary as recognized by a third party.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the third party comprises an international body or forum.

8. A computer-implemented method of operating a navigation system to provide views of disputed territories, the method comprising:

providing, in a geographic database, a data record indicating a first boundary location and a second boundary location, the second boundary location different than the first boundary location, corresponding to a geographic area having a disputed boundary between a first geographic entity and a second geographic entity, wherein the first geographic entity recognizes the first boundary location and the second geographic entity recognizes the second boundary location, and the data record is associated with an indication of dispute;

retrieving, by a processor, the data record from the geographic database as a function of the indication of dispute to generate a representation of the first geographic entity with the first boundary location; and

displaying, via a display of an end user device, the representation of the first geographic entity.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data record comprises a link data record.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the data record represents a polygon.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

retrieving the data record from the geographic database as a function of the indication of dispute to generate a representation of the second geographic entity with the second boundary location; and

displaying, via the display of the end user device, the representation of the second geographic entity, the representation of the second geographic entity including the second boundary location that is not recognized by the first geographic entity.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data record comprises a point of interest.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein retrieving the data record to generate the data representation of the first geographic entity that is not recognized by the second geographic entity is based on a real world location of the end user device used to display the graphical representation.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein retrieving the data record to generate the data representation of the first geographic entity that is not recognized by the second geographic entity occurs after receiving a user selection to view the first geographic entity as such.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

excluding data records that represent a border location accepted by a third party from the data representation of the first geographic entity, the data records that represent the border accepted by a third party include respective attributes indicating dispute.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the representation of the first geographic entity further includes a geographic feature recognized by the first geographic entity as being within the geographic boundary of the first geographic entity but not recognized by the second geographic entity as being within the geographic boundary of the first geographic entity.

17. A navigation device for providing different options in viewing disputed territories, the device comprising:

a user interface configured to display a geographic area;

a processor in communication with the user interface; and

a geographic database in communication with the processor, the geographic database including a geographic data record associated with an indication of dispute indicating that the geographic data record represents at least part of a disputed area between a first geographic entity and a second geographic entity, and

wherein the processor is configured to retrieve the geographic data record as a function of the indication of dispute to generate a representation of the first geographic entity having a border location that is not recognized by the second geographic entity, the representation of the first geographic entity displayed on the user interface.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the geographic database further includes a first name associated with the geographic data record and a second name associated with the geographic data record.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve the first name associated with the geographic data record when generating the representation of the first geographic entity that is not recognized by the second geographic entity.

20. The device of claim 17, wherein the geographic data record represents a point of interest.

21. The device of claim 17, wherein the geographic data record represents part of a country, state, or city border.

22. A computer-implemented method of operating a navigation system to provide different views of disputed territories, the method comprising:

identifying, by a processor, a first data record that represents a first location of a geographic feature accepted by a first geographic entity but not accepted by a second geographic entity;

providing the first data record for display, via a display of an end user device, of the first location of the geographic feature accepted by the first geographic entity but not accepted by the second geographic entity;

identifying, by the processor, a second data record that represents a second location of the geographic feature, different than the first location, accepted by the second geographic entity but not accepted by the first geographic entity; and

providing the second data record for display, via the display of the end user device, of the second location of the geographic feature accepted by the second geographic entity but not accepted by the first geographic entity,

wherein the first data record and the second data record are stored in a geographic database associated with the navigation system, and

wherein the geographic features represented by the first data record and the second data record respectively comprise at least a part of a geographic boundary.