Patent ID: 8165808
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for representing points of interest relative to a user-defined geographic area in a map interface, comprising using one or more computing devices to facilitate, in a particular zoom level, representation of the geographic area and a plurality of point-of-interest (POI) locations corresponding to the points of interest in the map interface using a color scheme in which variations in color in the particular zoom level represent variations in density of the POI locations within the geographic area, wherein the points of interest correspond to one or more of business establishments, tourist attractions, landmarks, entities associated with a user associated with the user-defined geographic area, geocaches, user generated content, coupons, or local promotions, and wherein the color scheme employs one or more of different intensities of one color to represent the variations in color, or different colors to represent the variations in color.