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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Benjamin Charles Appleton, Summer Hill, AU;
James Brian Mcgill, Forest Lodge, AU;
Benjamin Charles Appleton, Summer Hill, AU;
James Brian McGill, Forest Lodge, AU;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for displaying map layers in order. First vector data which defines one or more features of a first layer of a map is received from a server. Second vector data which defines one or more features of a second layer of the map is received from the server. A first order for displaying the one or more features of the first layer relative to the one more features of the second layer is received. The first vector data and the second vector data are rendered for display based on the received first order, to display the one or more features defined by the first layer relative to the one or more features defined by the second layer based on the received first order.