Patent ID: 9025810
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06T,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of processing geographical imagery, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a user request related to orbiting a target location; issuing, by one or more processors, a request for images, the request including the target location; receiving, by one or more processors, a plurality of unstitched oblique images in response to the request, wherein each of the unstitched oblique images represent the target location as viewed from a camera position different than the other unstitched oblique images; selecting, by one or more processors, a sequence of unstitched oblique images from the plurality of unstitched oblique images based at least in part on the creation of a smooth orbiting effect around the target location, wherein the target location is maintained in a general center of each of the unstitched oblique images in the sequence; and for each unstitched oblique images in the sequence of unstitched oblique images, providing for display, by one or more processors, the unstitched oblique image in conjunction with other imagery from different viewpoints of the target location to create an orbiting effect around the target location in response to the user request.