EFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION AND DOWNLOAD OF OFFLINE MAPS

    公开(公告)号:US20240406929A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18674259

    申请日:2024-05-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A method may include accessing service data associated with a service and associated with a group of geographical regions. The method may also include assigning at least some of the service data of the group of geographical regions corresponding to a map tile. The method may include generating an initial batch of service data corresponding to the map tile, thereby generating initial batches of service data. The method may also include receiving, from a mobile device, a request to download map data corresponding a geographical area. The method may also include determining one or more map tiles corresponding to the geographical area. The method may also include determining a subset of the initial batches associated with the one or more map tiles corresponding to the geographical area. The method may also include providing, to the mobile device, the subset of the initial batches responsive to the request.

    In-Venue Transit Navigation
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170356742A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-14

    申请号:US15275327

    申请日:2016-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G01C21/206

    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a navigation application that generates navigation instructions for a route, including navigation instruction for navigating within a venue. One example of such a venue is transit station. The navigation application identifies a portion of the route that includes two locations within a station, such as an access point (e.g., an entrance or exit) of the transit station and a platform within the station at which a transit vehicle arrives. The application identifies a path between the two locations (e.g., between an access point and a platform, between two platforms within the station, between a platform and another location within the station, or between any arbitrary two locations within the station). The application provides several turn-by-turn navigation instructions for navigating the path based on actual instructions signs that are displayed within the station to provide guidance for traveling between different locations in the station. For some embodiments, surveyors manually curate the instruction signs by traversing through the station and recording the instruction signs. Alternatively, or conjunctively, some embodiments identify the station signs by obtaining information about them from one or more servers of station operators or third parties.

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