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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Andi Fabian Rusu, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A map application is provided that allows orientations to be assigned to images such as photographs. The orientation is the direction that a real or hypothetical photographer that took the image was facing when the image was taken or created. The orientation for an image may be specified by the user, determined based on metadata associated with the image, and/or may be determined based on known features or landmarks that may be visible in the image. When an image is rendered on a map, it is displayed perpendicular to a surface of the map with the determined orientation. The amount of the image that is visible to the user depends on the orientation of the map. As the user rotates the orientation of the map, the rendered images are rotated in proportion to the rotation of the map.