Patent ID: 6336111
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G01C,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer usable medium having a map database embodied thereon, wherein the map database comprises:a plurality of data records representing geographic features in a geographic region; alternative names for said geographic features represented by said plurality of data records, wherein said alternative names include names in a plurality of different languages, wherein said plurality of data records are separated into a plurality of parcels each of which includes a portion of the plurality of data records and wherein the portion of the plurality of data records in each parcel represents those geographic features located within a separate distinct geographic area into which the geographic region is divided, a plurality of internal language filters, each of which is associated with a respective one of said plurality of parcels, wherein each of said plurality of internal language filters provides for selecting those alternative names for the geographic features represented by the plurality of data records in its respective parcel that are valid in a selectable language.