Patent ID: 6563529
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A method for displaying a detailed view of an area within a territory, taken from a predetermined location within said territory, and indicating the area and direction in which said detailed view is taken from within said territory, comprising:providing a display that can display a map of a territory and a detailed view of an area within said territory, said detailed view being taken from a predetermined location within said territory, displaying said map of said territory on said display, displaying said detailed view, as taken from said predetermined location within said territory, as an image on said display, providing an input means for a human operator to change the angular direction and area of said detailed view as seen from said location within said territory, using said input means to change said angular direction and said area of said detailed view, thereby to move virtually through said territory, indicating on said map said angular direction and said area of said detailed view, thereby providing, on said map, an indication of said angular direction and said area of said detailed view as seen from said location within said territory, causing any change in said angular direction and said area of said detailed view to be simultaneously indicated by a corresponding change in said indication on said map, such that both said detailed view and said indication on said map change substantially simultaneously, thereby to create a highly interactive display, which allows a human operator to better understand, by looking at said map, the area and direction of said detailed view.