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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Applicant:
James Alan Witmer, Lebanon, NH (US);
Inventor:
James Alan Witmer, Lebanon, NH (US);
Assignee:
TomTom North America, Inc., Lebanon, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G09B 29/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of generating a shaped line in a geographic data information system, comprising selecting a first shaped line () in the geographic data information system, determining () a clothoid spline () representation of the shaped line, determining () a location of a first shape point corresponding to the clothoid spline () and determining () a location of a second shape point corresponding to the clothoid spline (), wherein the location of the second shape point is determined () to be a maximum chord length from the first shape point within a predetermined tolerance.