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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Pasquale Demaio, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kristoffer Bernt Henriksson, Redmond, WA (US);
Blaise Hilary Aguera-arcas, Seattle, WA (US);
Pasquale DeMaio, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kristoffer Bernt Henriksson, Redmond, WA (US);
Blaise Hilary Aguera-Arcas, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technologies are described herein for providing an improved view of a location in a spatial environment. A current image associated with a current location of a geographic area is displayed. A user-selected point on the current image is received. A target location of the geographic area is determined based on the user-selected point. A distance between the current location and the target location is determined. A determination is made as to whether the distance between the current location and the target location is greater than a distance threshold. If this distance is greater than the distance threshold, then a far distance process configured to determine and display a first target view of the target location is performed. If this distance is not greater than the distance threshold, then a near distance process configured to determine and display a second target view of the target location is performed.