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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Fairlight, AU;
Bret Steven Taylor, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Christopher Norris, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen MA, Kingsford, AU;
Andrew Robert Kirmse, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Noel Phillip Gordon, Hunters Hill, AU;
Seth Michael Laforge, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Fairlight, AU;
Bret Steven Taylor, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James Christopher Norris, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen Ma, Kingsford, AU;
Andrew Robert Kirmse, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Noel Phillip Gordon, Hunters Hill, AU;
Seth Michael LaForge, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods, systems, and apparatus for implementing aspects of a digital mapping system are disclosed. One such method includes sending a location request from a client-side computing device to a map tile server, receiving a set of map tiles in response to the location request, assembling said received map tiles into a tile grid, aligning the tile grid relative to a clipping shape, and displaying the result as a map image. One apparatus according to aspects of the present invention includes means for sending a location request from a client-side computing device to a map tile server, means for receiving a set of map tiles in response to the location request, means for assembling said received map tiles into a tile grid, means for aligning the tile grid relative to a clipping shape, and means for displaying the result as a map image. Such an apparatus may further include direction control or zoom control objects as interactive overlays on the displayed map image, and may also include route or location overlays on the map image.