AUTOMATICALLY EMBEDDING DIGITAL MAPS IN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20180232398A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-16

    申请号:US15509812

    申请日:2015-02-09

    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

    Abstract: An application programming interface (API) for automatically providing digital maps to third-party software applications is provided. The API is configured to (i) receive a string of alphanumeric characters from a third-party software application that executes independently of a map service, (ii) automatically determine whether the string is consistent with one or more indications of geographic locations, (iii) when the string is consistent with an indication of a geographic location, determine whether a digital map of a geographic area including the indicated geographic location should be generated, and (iv) in response to determining that the digital map should be generated, receive the digital from the map service and provide the digital map to the third-party software application for display via a user interface.

    Dynamically Varying Visual Properties of Indicators on a Digital Map

    公开(公告)号:US20190156538A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US15821657

    申请日:2017-11-22

    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

    Abstract: A digital map is displayed via a user interface in a map viewport. The digital map includes various features representing respective entities in a geographic area, each of the features being displayed at a same level of magnification. Geolocated points of interest are determined within the geographic area, and a focal point of the map viewport is determined. For each of indicators, the size of the indicator is varied in accordance with the distance between the geographic location corresponding to the indicator and the geographic location corresponding to the focal point of the map viewport. The indicators then are displayed on the digital map.

    Triggering location selector interface by continuous zooming

    公开(公告)号:US10198164B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-05

    申请号:US14833256

    申请日:2015-08-31

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying imagery of a geographic area are provided. More particularly, a location selector interface element can be displayed in conjunction with the imagery when a continuous zoom event is detected. In response to the continuous zoom event, the location selector interface element can be displayed in conjunction with, for instance, a zoom interface for zooming the imagery. The location selector interface element can include a plurality of geographic labels. Each geographic label can be associated with a different zoom level of the imagery. Each geographic label can provide a description of a geographic area corresponding to the zoom level associated with the geographic label. A user can interact with the location selector interface element to select a desired zoom level for viewing the imagery. In response to the user interaction, the imagery can be zoomed to the zoom level corresponding to the selected geographic label.

    Linear Visualization of a Driving Route
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180128636A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-10

    申请号:US15346223

    申请日:2016-11-08

    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: A nonlinear route for traveling from a source to a destination is determined. The route includes a sequence of (i) route segments and (ii) intermediate geographic locations defining endpoints of the route segments. An initial linear visual representation of the route is generated and displayed via a user interface of a computing device. To generate the initial linear visual representation of the route, an initial subset of the intermediate geographic locations is selected. The initial subset does not include at least of the intermediate geographic locations in the sequence. Indicators of the intermediate geographic locations are positioned along a single line, and an interactive control is provided. When activated, the interactive control generates an expanded linear visual representation of the route. The expanded linear visual representation includes at least one of the intermediate geographic locations not selected for the initial linear visual representation.

    Varying map information density based on the speed of the vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US10030981B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-24

    申请号:US15637136

    申请日:2017-06-29

    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.

    Inventor: Bailiang Zhou

    Abstract: To dynamically vary map content based on the speed at which a portable device is moving, for a map in which a portable device user is following, a request for map data for a particular location is received along with an indication of the speed of the portable device. As a result, at least two versions of map data for the particular location are identified and one of the versions is selected based on the speed. The selected version is then transmitted to the portable device for display.

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