Patent ID: 7933395
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented methodology for presenting virtual tours of user-defined paths in a geographic information system (GIS), the method comprising: sending a plurality of user-defined locations to a server of the GIS; receiving a route from the server including the plurality of locations, the route being decimated into a plurality of points; providing at a first zoom level the route for display to a user; and in response to the user selecting the route, simulating a fly-through of the route from start to stop locations, including any intermediate locations, using a virtual camera in a three-dimensional model, the virtual camera having an azimuth and the azimuth determined at each of the plurality of points in the decimated route, thereby providing the user a virtual tour of the route.