Patent ID: 9269190
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,G09B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a display, a user input, and one or more processors capable of processing instructions, the instructions comprising: displaying a map image, from a substantially top-down perspective, of a location on the display; accessing, based on the location, a street level image in response to a user's activation of the user input, wherein the street level image displays a perspective-view image captured by a camera; displaying a transition between the map image and the street level image, the transition including displaying a horizon line wherein the position of the horizon line on the screen is selected so as to coincide with the position of the street level image's horizon on the screen, and iteratively stretching the map image to the horizon line so as to make the map appear to be tilted; and after displaying the transition, displaying the street level image.