Google Inc.

Matthew Robert Simpson

Willem Van Lancker

Tilman Reinhardt

Brian Gammon Brown

Zhe Fan

Andrew Ofstad

Christopher Robert Harrelson

Amanda Marie Leicht Moore

Mark A Limber

Bernhard Seefeld

Jonah Jones

Bailiang Zhou

Bernhard A M Seefeld

Scott Hamilton Shattuck

Elizabeth Hunt

Christopher Jay Wahlen

Chris Raykovich

Ying Y Su

Erika Rice Scherpelz

Steven Maxwell Seitz

Carlos Hernandez Esteban

Matt Lowrie

Michael Eberle-Levine

Graham Rosser

Geoffrey Howie

Stephen David Zelinka

Matthew W Lowrie

Amanda Marie Leicht

Jeffrey Thomas Prouty

Craig Prince

Sarah Needham

Display screen with set of icons

Computing device having a graphical user interface for a map application

Display screen with animated icon

A user interface for rotating imagery among a plurality of canonical views of a geographic area of interest is disclosed. The interface includes at least one rotation control icon for rotating the imagery among a plurality of canonical views of the geographic area, and a direction indicating portion that indicates a compass direction associated with the canonical view presented on the display device. In particular implementations, the interface can be configured to come into view over the imagery whenever a user navigates to a particular view of the imagery where a plurality of canonical views is available. The motion of the navigation control interface appearing into the imagery is intended to draw attention to the control interface to inform the user that additional canonical views are available.

Interface for navigating imagery

Interface for navigation imagery

Map data for generating a digital map of a geographic area is received, the digital map is generated using the received map data, and the digital map is displayed via a user interface. An interactive runway of photographic images corresponding to objects located within the geographic area is generated, the runway being an arrangement of the photographic images. Generating the runway may include rating each of the candidate photographic images corresponding to objects located within the within the geographic area using viewing signals related to at least one of the photographic image or an object depicted in the photographic image, and selecting, from among the candidate photographic images, the photographic images for inclusion in the interactive runway, using the rating. The interactive runway is displayed over the digital map.

Method and apparatus for contextually varying imagery on a map

Map data for generating a digital map of a geographic area is received, the digital map is generated using the received map data, and the digital map is displayed via a user interface. An interactive runway of photographic images corresponding to objects located within the geographic area is generated, the runway being a linear arrangement of the photographic images. Generating the runway includes rating each of the candidate photographic images corresponding to objects located within the within the geographic area using viewing signals related to at least one of the photographic image or an object depicted in the photographic image, and selecting, from among the candidate photographic images, the photographic images for inclusion in the interactive runway, using the rating. The interactive runway is displayed over the digital map.

Portion of a display panel with a graphical user interface for navigating imagery

Portion of a display panel with a transitional graphical user interface for navigating imagery

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Matthew Robert Simpson