Patent ID: 7415448
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for transforming geographical data from various vendor formats to a standardized format, comprising: a first memory for storing first data from a first data source, the first data having a first format, and for storing second data from a second data source, the second data source having a second format; a second memory for storing a first rule for transforming said first data from the first data source into said common output data and for storing a second rule for transforming said second data from the second data source into said common output data; and a processor coupled to the second memory for selecting data to be transformed into said output data, for identifying a source of the data to be transformed, and for transforming the data according to said first rule if the identified source of data comprises the first data source and for transforming the data into said output data according to said second rule if the identified source of data comprises the second data source.