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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Paul Robin Manson, Christchurch, NZ;
Bruce Stephen James, Christchurch, NZ;
Michelle Lynn Bergen, Christchurch, NZ;
Robert Murie Allan, Christchurch, NZ;
John Francis Rogers, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Glen France, Christchurch, NZ;
Paul Robin Manson, Christchurch, NZ;
Bruce Stephen James, Christchurch, NZ;
Michelle Lynn Bergen, Christchurch, NZ;
Robert Murie Allan, Christchurch, NZ;
John Francis Rogers, Christchurch, NZ;
Peter Glen France, Christchurch, NZ;
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for creating a flexible Geographic Information Systems (GIS) network. In one embodiment, a data dictionary is assigned to a mobile electronic device. In one embodiment, the data dictionary comprises a definition of at least one desired GIS feature type which was not originally intended to be recordable by the mobile electronic device. The method further comprises uploading the data dictionary onto the mobile electronic device.