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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Applicant:
Alexandru Serbanescu, Amstelveen, NL;
Inventor:
Alexandru Serbanescu, Amstelveen, NL;
Assignee:
Tomtom International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for rendering a display image generated from digital map information. The method includes the steps of: The shading value varies as a function of the elevation information and the display scale information, whereby the display is generated to represent elevation information by pixel shading that varies with display scale.