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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Fairlight, AU;
Stephen MA, Kingsford, AU;
Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Fairlight, AU;
Stephen Ma, Kingsford, AU;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Digital tile-based mapping techniques are disclosed that enable efficient online serving of aesthetically pleasing maps. In one particular embodiment, an image tile-based digital mapping system is configured for generating map tiles during an offline session, and serving selected sets of those tiles to a client when requested. Also provided are solutions for handling map labels and other such features in a tile-based mapping system, such as when a map label crosses map tile boundaries. Various processing environments (e.g., servers or other computing devices) can be employed in the system.