Patent ID: 9652115
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for providing an interactive display of multi-story buildings displayed on a digital map, the method comprising: displaying a digital map of a geographic area via a touchscreen; displaying, on the digital map, an exploded-view of a three-dimensional (3D) stack of a plurality of floor maps corresponding to a plurality of floors of a multi-story building located in the geographic area, detecting, via the touchscreen, a pinch gesture, wherein the pinch gesture is applied to the exploded-view of the 3D stack, wherein the detected pinch gesture is a motion in a direction along a vertical axis of the 3D stack; and revealing internal features for the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map by adjusting the exploded-view of the 3D stack of the plurality of floor maps by increasing the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map in accordance with the pinch gesture, including not modifying a zoom level at which the two of the plurality of floor maps are displayed; wherein revealing the internal features for the first floor map that are occluded by the second floor map includes: revealing the internal features for the first floor map when the vertical space between the first floor map and the second floor map is greater than a threshold value.