Patent ID: 8078400
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G01C,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying an object on an electronic map, the method providing the steps of: providing a storage unit including a first storage portion and a second storage portion, where the first storage portion includes type definition data for a plurality of object types, the type definition data defining a graphical representation of an object type in terms of at least one basic geometrical shape, and where the second storage portion includes object data for a plurality of objects, the object data for an object comprising object type data specifying an object type of the object and object position data specifying an object position of the object; retrieving object data including object type data and object position data of an object to be displayed from the second storage portion; retrieving type definition data of the object to be displayed from the first storage portion based on the object type data of the object to be displayed; and generating a graphical representation of the object to be displayed by generating a graphical representation of the at least one basic geometrical shape defined by the type definition data at a position on the electronic map determined based on the object position data.