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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael T. Jones, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian McClendon, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Amin Charaniya, Milpitas, CA (US);
Michael Ashbridge, Richmond, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.