Patent ID: 6850946
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for manipulating data from an environment in which a communication network is or will be deployed to construct a database that can be used to generate definitions of the user's physical environment, including buildings, terrain and other site parameters, comprising the steps of: (a) using a computer for creating and formatting a plurality of objects defining an environment of floors, walls, partitions, buildings, building complexes or compounds, terrain or other sites or obstructions; (b) verifying, using a computer, the sufficiency of said plurality of objects to ensure a useful definition of said environment and notifying a user of results of said verification of sufficiency; and (c) generating a set of formatted data in a form transportable to and usable by a computer based engineering planning model or other applications; and (d) rendering a three-dimensional view of said environment.