Patent ID: 8782564
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for collaborative display of geographic data, said method comprising: creating a configuration file, at a computer system, which defines how geographic data collected by a geographic data collection device is represented by at least one visual display property that is associated with a geographic feature and how said geographic data is to be displayed by an office application associated with said computer system after a creation of a geographic data file; conveying said configuration file to said geographic data collection device wherein said geographic data collection device is physically remote from said computer system; using said configuration file to create a geographic data file, at said geographic data collection device, in which said geographic data collected by said geographic data collection device pertains: to a geographic feature, is associated with said at least one visual display property via said configuration file, and is formatted via said at least one visual display property to visually convey information about said geographic feature; and said office application accessing said geographic data file and automatically displaying said geographic feature at said computer system in a manner consistent with said configuration file.