Patent ID: 9165339
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G01C,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for blending map data with additional imagery comprising: providing for display, by one or more computing devices, a map including one or more polygons on the map, wherein each polygon of the one or more polygons includes a set of polygon sides corresponding to a set of roads in the map; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a zoom request for zooming in on the map; determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether a map zoom threshold has been reached based at least in part on the zoom request; after the map zoom threshold has been reached, receiving user input, by the one or more computing devices, selecting a given polygon of the one or more polygons, the polygon being associated with a tag having a tag type indicating a type of geographic feature bounded by the set of roads of the given polygon on the map; comparing the tag type to a list of tag types that are preapproved for replacement with alternate imagery to determine whether the tag type is included in the list of tag types; and when the tag type is included in the list of tag types, providing for display at the given polygon on the map, by the one or more computing devices, alternate imagery corresponding to an image of the geographic area bounded by the set of roads for the given polygon on the map in order to overlay the given polygon on the map with the image, wherein providing the alternative imagery further includes providing instructions to display the alternative imagery at a fixed percentage overlay value, such that a portion of the map within the given polygon is visible through the alternative imagery.