Patent ID: 7945852
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for annotating digital maps, comprising: providing an object-upload user interface; receiving, via the object-upload user interface, an instruction to upload an object; uploading a single instance of the object in response to the instruction to upload the object; providing an object-annotation user interface; receiving, via the object-annotation user interface, a first instruction to link the uploaded object to a first selected location within a selected map, the first selected location representing a first geographic location; linking the uploaded object to the first selected location in response to the first instruction, to thereby provide an annotated map; receiving, via the object-annotation user interface, a second instruction to simultaneously link the uploaded object to a second location within a selected map, the second location representing a second geographic location, different from the first geographic location; and linking the uploaded object to the second selected location in response to the second instruction, wherein the single instance of the object is simultaneously linked to both the first and second locations.