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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Aroon Pahwa, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brian A. Lenoski, Redwood City, CA (US);
Mathieu Courtemanche, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for providing vector map data for generating a view of a map in a mapping application. In one example process, a request for a vector map sub-tile can be received by a map server. The map server can identify a pre-generated vector map tile corresponding to the requested vector map sub-tile and can generate the requested vector map sub-tile from the identified vector map tile by dividing the vector map tile into two or more vector map sub-tiles. In some examples, dividing the vector map tile into multiple vector map sub-tiles can include identifying features and attributes of the vector map tile that should be included in the requested vector map sub-tile and generating the requested vector map sub-tile to include these features and attributes. The map server can then transmit the requested vector map sub-tile to the requesting electronic device.