Here Global B.v.

Navteq B.v.

Craig Barnes

Joseph P Mays

Jane F Macfarlane

Jane MacFarlane

Antonio Haro

Arash Ostadzadeh

Moritz Neun

Desiree Sauter

Umesh Chandra

Geoff Meek

Arnaud De Vallois

System and methods for augmenting search results with external/user-provided data not contained in a primary datastore. On demand matching is used at run time to match entries in the primary datastore with information in a secondary datastore that is neither indexed nor pre-matched. A location-based query is received. Candidates are generated by searching a primary datastore. A machine learned entity matching network matches the candidates with information in the secondary datastore. The candidates are augmented with the information and returned as search results.

Data augmentation with on demand entity matching

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for providing natural guidance using one or more location graphs based on a context of a user. Methods may include: receiving an indication of a location of a user; identifying a location graph of location objects proximate the location of the user; establishing a context of the user; establishing a path among the location objects of the location graph based, at least in part, on the context of the user; generating natural language guidance based on the path among the location objects; and providing natural language guidance to the user. The location of a user may include a location along a route between an origin and a destination, where identifying a location graph of location objects may include identifying a location graph of location objects proximate the route between the origin and the destination.

Method, apparatus and computer program product for using a location graph to enable natural guidance

System and methods are provided for executing queries across multiple services and data sources using a Service Graph. The Service Graph is customizable and trainable using continuous feedback loops among the various components of the Service Graph. The Service Graph is configured to select at least one data source or at least one location service from a plurality heterogeneous data sources and location services, generate an execution strategy for searching the at least one location service or the at least one data source, and provide the results generated as a result of the execution strategy.

Service graph for location-based searching

A method comprising receiving, by an apparatus, global-positioning-system data from a plurality of global-positioning-system satellites, determining a measured satellite pseudorange for each global-positioning-system satellite of the plurality of global-positioning-system satellites based, at least in part, on the global-positioning-system data, receiving, by the apparatus, of non-global-positioning-system data from at least one sensor, determining an apparatus position of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the non-global-positioning-system data, the determination of the apparatus position being absent consideration of any global-positioning-system data, determining at least one pseudorange correction associated with at least one global-positioning-system satellite of the plurality of global-positioning-system satellites based, at least in part, on the measured satellite pseudorange and the apparatus position, and causing broadcast transmission of information indicative of the pseudorange correction is disclosed.

Broadcast transmission of information indicative of a pseudorange correction

An approach is provided for processing status information for one or more points of interest to determine the changes for generation of various representations for presenting in a user interface. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of status information associated with one or more points of interest to determine one or more point-of-interest changes. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a generation of one or more representations of the one or more point-of-interest changes, one or more transitions between the one or more point-of-interest changes, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more representations in at least one point-of-interest user interface.

Method and apparatus for presenting point of interest changes

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for non-occluding overlay of user interface or information elements on a contextual map. A method is provided for receiving map data and location data, determining, using a processor, relevant map elements based on the location data; and determining an information element overlay area based on the relevant map elements. The overlay areas do not occlude the relevant map elements.

Method and apparatus for non-occluding overlay of user interface or information elements on a contextual map

An approach is provided for sharing annotations and recalling geospatial information. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of communication information exchanged between a plurality of devices engaged in a communication session to cause, at least in part, a parsing of geospatial information from the communication information. The approach also involves determining whether the geospatial information meet, at least in part, one or more logic thresholds. The one or more logic thresholds are for determining a potential relevance of the geospatial information to the communication session, the plurality of devices, one or more users of the plurality of devices, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of the geospatial information to the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determination.

Method and apparatus for providing shared annotations and recall of geospatial information

A method comprising causing display of a map information representation that represents map information, the map information comprising physical object information that characterizes a physical object, the map information representation comprising a physical object representation that represents the physical object, receiving information indicative of an annotation, generating an association between the physical object information and the annotation, identifying a portion of the physical object representation that is a face representation of the physical object based, at least in part, on the association between the physical object information and the annotation, generating an annotation representation that illustrates the annotation as a texture on a polygon, the polygon corresponding with the face representation, and causing display of the annotation representation in relation to the face representation is disclosed.

Display of an annotation representation

In one embodiment, range data is combined with an image in order to create a stereo image from the single collected image. An apparatus receives image data associated with a geographic location and range data associated with the geographic location. The range data may be a point cloud. At least one perspective image is formed based on the image data and the range data. The perspective image has a viewpoint different than single collected image. The apparatus generates a stereo image from the at least one perspective image. The stereo image appears to have depth. The at least one perspective image may include two images, each offset by a distance to estimate eye separation.

Stereo panoramic images

An approach is provided for presenting transition animations on a user interface. The approach involves presentation of one or more map representations of at least one map route, one or more map objects associated with the at least one map route, or a combination thereof in at least one user interface, wherein the at least one map route is represented as at least one spline representation in a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional space represented in the at least one user interface. The approach also involves determining at least one straight-line representation of the at least one spline representation. The approach further involves transposing of the one or more map representations from the at least one spline representation to the at least one straight-line representation. The approach also involves causing a presentation of one or more transition animations generated to show at least one transition from the at least one spline representation to the at least one straight-line representation.

Method and apparatus for providing a transition between map representations on a user interface

An approach is provided for providing instantaneous and efficient mapping of geographic locations on to a schematic map. A map generation platform designates one or more reference locations for creating at least one schematic map associated with at least one schematic coordinate system. The map generation platform also creates at least one triangular mesh based, at least in part, on one or more geographic coordinates of the one or more reference locations, wherein the one or more geographic coordinates of the one or more reference locations represent one or more vertices of the triangular mesh. Further, the one or more geographic coordinates of one or more non-reference locations are mapped to the at least one triangular mesh, and then morphed for placing them on the at least one schematic map.

Method and apparatus for providing mapping of geo locations on schematic maps

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating a composite indexable linear data structure to permit selection of map elements based on linear elements. In the context of a method, map data and a selected linear element indication are received. The map data comprises a list of map elements. The method also includes extracting map elements within a bounding box, and indexing the extracted map elements. The indexing is spatial indexing. The method also includes correlating the indexed map elements with a plurality of sub segments of the linear element, and generating a composite indexable linear data structure based on the correlation of map elements with the plurality of sub-segments of the linear element.

Method and apparatus for generating a composite indexable linear data structure to permit selection of map elements based on linear elements

One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for organizing spatial data are disclosed. For example, a method includes receiving a location data point from a navigation device. A controller compares the distance from each of a plurality of data points to the location data point. In constructing a depthmap that associates each of the data points with the distance from the location data point, the controller assign data points within a minimum distance from the location data point into a first cell and data points greater than the minimum distance from the location data point into a second cell. The second cell is larger than the first cell and corresponds to a larger geographic area than the first cell. The depthmap may be configured to position points of interest in a panoramic or street level view image.

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