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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Göran Ingemar Eriksson, Wädenswil, CH;

Nils Richard Ekwall, Stäfa, CH;

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspect of the subject technology relate to a computer-implemented method for identifying geographic features related to a location lookup point. In some implementations, the method includes steps for receiving location information for a location look-up point, generating a plurality of search cells containing the location look-up point, wherein the plurality of search cells correspond with a respective plurality of hierarchical map cells and using the plurality of search cells to identify at least one geographic feature that is associated with at least one of the plurality of search cells. In certain aspects, the method can further include steps for providing at least one geographic feature to a user for display. Systems and computer-readable media for generating a geographic feature index are also provided.


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