Patent ID: 9620033
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G01C,G09B

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: causing display, in a first display area of a display, of a first map that represents, at a first scale, a first geographic area including at least a first location and that highlights the first location, wherein the first map is caused to be displayed at the first scale so that the first geographic area includes the first location but does not include a second location; and causing simultaneous display, in a second different display area of the display, of a second map that represents, at a second scale different than the first scale, a second geographic area including at least the second location and that highlights the second location, wherein the second map is caused to be displayed at the second scale so that the second geographic area includes the second location but does not include the first location; wherein the first scale of the first display area is dependent on a difference in distance from a reference location to the first geographic area and the second scale of the second display area is dependent on a difference in distance from the reference location to the second geographic area, wherein the first and second maps are caused to be displayed such that the first geographic area does not lie within any of the second geographic area and the second geographic area does not lie within any of the first geographic area, wherein the first and second maps are caused to be displayed without display of a geographic area between the first and second geographic areas, and wherein the first display area and the second display area are displayed simultaneously in response to a database search that returns as results the first display area and the second display area.