Patent ID: 8326528
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G09B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: obtaining, by a mobile computing device, topographical information describing a topography associated with a current geographical location of the mobile computing device; obtaining, by the mobile computing device, celestial information associated with a portion of a sky around the current geographical location of the mobile computing device; outputting for display, at a display screen of the mobile computing device, a representation of the sky comprising one or more celestial objects based on the celestial information; outputting for display, at the display screen of the mobile computing device, a representation of a horizon at the current geographical location of the mobile computing device based on the topographical information, wherein the representation of the horizon has a level of opaqueness defined by a user input, and wherein a first level of opaqueness allows a user to see a greater portion of the representation of the sky that is displayed behind the representation of the horizon than a second level of opaqueness allows.