Patent ID: 7305417
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented process for identifying all nearby neighbor objects and/or points of interest in relation to a user-specified base point which reside within a search area around the base point based on information accessed from a database of geometric data which includes the location of said objects and/or points of interest, said process comprising: a dividing step for dividing the geographic system defined by said geometric data into a plurality of zones each forming a strip of the same prescribed zone height and assigning an integer zone number to each strip; an assigning step for determining what zone each object or point in the database resides and assigning that zone number to the object or point; an identifying step for identifying the zone number of every zone intersected by the search area; and for each object or point associated with each zone number identified as intersected by the search area,