Patent ID: 9280258
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying one or more photographic images at a location within a three-dimensional geographic environment of a geographic information system, comprising: (a) displaying, by one or more computing devices, a three-dimensional geographic environment from a perspective of a virtual camera, the three-dimensional environment including a photographic image having an associated first position and orientation corresponding to a respective first geographic location and direction where the photographic image was captured, and wherein the photographic image has a focal length; (b) determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether a distance in the three-dimensional environment between the virtual camera and the first position of the photographic image exceeds a threshold; (c) when the distance in the three-dimensional environment between the virtual camera and the first position of the photographic image is determined to exceed the threshold in (b), displaying, by the one or more computing devices, an icon representing the photographic image at the first position; when the distance in the three-dimensional environment between the virtual camera and the first position of the photographic image is determined not to exceed the threshold in (b): (f) receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a user input selecting the icon or the photo billboard that represents the photographic image; and in response to receipt of the user input selecting the icon or the photo billboard: