Patent ID: 9678651
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06F

Claim:
1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a mapping application for execution by at least one processing unit, the mapping application comprising sets of instructions for: displaying one of a two-dimensional (2D) presentation of a geographic map and a three-dimensional (3D) presentation of the map at a given time; and displaying a geographic compass as a selectable control for (i) displaying geographic positional information regarding a current orientation of a displayed geographic map, (ii) receiving a first type of input to rotate a view of the map, and (iii) receiving a second type of input to transition between the 2D presentation and the 3D presentation, wherein the 2D presentation comprises an orthographic representation of the geographic map as viewed from a first perspective position pointing directly downwards towards the 2D map area at a 90-degree angle with respect to the horizon, and wherein the 3D presentation comprises a representation of the geographic map as viewed from a second perspective position pointing towards the 3D map area at a second angle with respect to the horizon, the second angle being greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees above the horizon.