Patent ID: 9404764
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G01C,G01S,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving optical data measured in three-dimensional geographic coordinates using an optical distancing system and collected along a path; projecting, using a controller, the optical data onto three or more predefined two-dimensional planes, wherein the three or more predefined two-dimensional planes are defined by different horizontal distance ranges from the path; receiving image data from at least one panoramic image collected along the path, the image data including spherical coordinates; mapping, using the controller, the spherical coordinates of the image data to the geographical coordinate space of the optical data; determining, using the controller, a pixel value for a point of the optical data on the three or more predefined two-dimensional planes by selecting a pixel in the mapped image data having a three-dimensional geographic coordinate corresponding to the three-dimensional geographic coordinate of the point of the optical data; defining three or more images, wherein each image includes pixel values for one of the three or more predefined two-dimensional planes; selecting two or more of the three or more images; and providing the two or more images to a map application, wherein the map application overlays the two or more images to create a pathway view.