Google Inc.

Pawel Szczepanski

Taj J Campbell

Koichi Suematsu

Naoto Kaneko

Masanori Goto

Salahuddin Choudhary

Takahiro Kosakai

Rishi Agarwal

Ryo Kawaguchi

Fred Vaucher

Vikki Ku

Takahito Hirano

Peter Foo

Kaori Kozai

A current context of a geographic application executing on a user device is determined. Commercial geographic content is selected for presentation at the user device based at least in part on the determined current context, and the commercial geographic content is provided to the user device via a communication network. A first indication is received, indicating that the commercial geographic content was presented at a first level of detail via a user interface of the user device. In response to the first indication, a first metric is updated. As second indication is received, indicating that the commercial geographic content was presented at a second level of detail via the user interface of the user device in response to user input, where the second level of detail is higher than the first level of detail. A second metric is updated in response to the second indication.

Providing commercial information in a geographic application

An entry point card displayed within a mapping application viewport may display context and other data based on a calendar appointment and other data that the user might, predictably, want to search for upon opening the mapping application. Using appointment information from a calendar application, an entry point card might display a time the user must leave his current location in order to make the appointment on time. Or, using a history of the user's routine errands or trips, the entry point card may display predicted information. For example, the card may display an amount of time to get to work or other information.

System and method for displaying dynamic text content with a digital map

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Tokyo, Japan

Pawel Szczepanski