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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Janne Kontkanen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Janne Kontkanen, San Francisco, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A map element parameterized in a two-dimensional (2D) coordinate system is applied to to three-dimensional (3D) geometry, parameterized in a 3D coordinate system, of a geographic area with which the map element is associated. The 3D geometry is rendered according to the selected perspective of a virtual camera. An approximate distance between the virtual camera and the 3D geometry is compared to a threshold value. A position of the map element is determined relative to the 3D geometry using (i) a linear transformation between the 2D coordinate system and the 3D coordinate when the approximate distance is smaller than the threshold value, and (ii) a non-linear transformation between the 2D coordinate system and the 3D coordinate system when the approximate distance is larger than the threshold value.
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