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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Gil Fuchs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Darrell Mathis, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gil Fuchs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Darrell Mathis, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tele Atlas North America, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Abstract
A system and method for manipulating digital map information, that allows the operator to view or modify map object or item attributes from either a graphical window or a text window. In one embodiment, when the user selects a map item within the graphical window (), the text window () displays a text record that includes attributes () associated with the currently selected item. Attributes may include, for example, a street name, or a relationship of the current item to another item. The system can display these relationships within the text window. In one embodiment, the attributes that include links to related map items or to related items of information are highlighted or are visibly identified () in some manner. The operator can then select a highlighted attribute to traverse to, and display the new map item. The graphical window display can be updated in parallel with the text window.