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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gregory F. Boland, Katonah, NY (US);
Yu Ma, White Plains, NY (US);
Justin G. Manweiler, Somers, NY (US);
Kevin E. Siemonsen, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Umut Topkara, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Katherine Vogt, New York, NY (US);
Justin Weisz, Stamford, CT (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes defining a two-dimensional geographic region by two-dimensional geographic coordinates to define the bounds of the region, converting each of the two-dimensional coordinates to three dimensional coordinates by way of a lookup stored in a computer readable medium, generating a three-dimensional grid of points, each spaced in an arrangement to encompass coverage of a predetermined ground area, and applying heuristics for a shortest path planning, relative to the three-dimensional grid of points.