Patent ID: 8423896
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing raster input supplied to a land planning tool, comprising: generating a graphical display representing a development site; presenting the graphical display of the development site to a user; receiving the raster input, wherein the raster input is drawn on the graphical display to specify a bounded region of the development site; generating vector geometry based on the raster input, wherein the vector geometry describes a position and a shape of the bounded region of the development site; associating the vector geometry with a land planning object that represents a given land use and includes at least one display characteristic and a first embedded behavior, wherein the vector geometry, once associated with the land planning object, inherits the at least one display characteristic and the first embedded behavior from the land planning object, and wherein the bounded region represents a portion of the development site to be dedicated to the given land use; determining that the vector geometry does not include any undesirable conditions by evaluating the first embedded behavior inherited from the land planning object; generating a representation of the vector geometry according to the at least one display characteristic inherited from the land planning object; and updating the graphical display to include the representation of the vector geometry.