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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Vijaya S. Israni, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Richard A. Ashby, Hebron, IL (US);
Paul M. Bouzide, Chicago, IL (US);
John C. Jasper, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Robert P. Fernekes, Wooddale, IL (US);
Gregory M. Nyczak, Westmont, IL (US);
Nicholas E. Smith, Oak Park, IL (US);
David S. Lampert, Highland Park, IL (US);
James A. Meek, Palatine, IL (US);
Aaron I. Crane, Palatine, IL (US);
Vijaya S. Israni, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Richard A. Ashby, Hebron, IL (US);
Paul M. Bouzide, Chicago, IL (US);
John C. Jasper, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Robert P. Fernekes, Wooddale, IL (US);
Gregory M. Nyczak, Westmont, IL (US);
Nicholas E. Smith, Oak Park, IL (US);
David S. Lampert, Highland Park, IL (US);
James A. Meek, Palatine, IL (US);
Aaron I. Crane, Palatine, IL (US);
Navteq North America, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved method and system for storage of data that represent geographic features in a region. The data are organized into parcels each of which contains data that represent those geographic features that are located within a separate one of a plurality of rectangular areas into the region is divided. The method identifies linearly extending features that extend across multiple rectangular areas so that data representing the linearly extending feature can be included in each parcel that contains data that represents a rectangular area in which the linearly extending feature extends at least in part.