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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Alexander Thomas Starns, Redwood City, CA (US);
Matthew Lawrence Williams, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexander Thomas Starns, Redwood City, CA (US);
Matthew Lawrence Williams, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Mobile record information entry and geotagging methods and systems are disclosed. A method for managing an accurate collection of geographical information system (GIS) data over the World Wide Web from a plurality of mobile computing devices operated by different users at various locations in a geographical area is disclosed. A browser may allow a user of a mobile computing device to enter record information associated with businesses based on observations made at different locations and may add geographical tags to the record information to obtain geotagged record information. The geographical tags may include geospatial location information that specifies the current geographical location of a mobile computing device at the time of user entry. GIS data may be updated based on the geotagged record information received from the browser.