Patent ID: 7831387
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method executed by a computer system, for generating visually-oriented scored waypoints for use in driving directions, comprising: constructing a mapping between business listings and a plurality of images including satellite images and storefront images of a target map area; processing, by the computer system, the images to identify waypoints included in the images, wherein at least one waypoint identified in one of the images is a business building, comprising: scoring each of the identified waypoints, based at least in part on the visual distinctiveness of each identified waypoint, producing a distinctiveness score for each waypoint; and storing textual descriptions of scored waypoints in a database, wherein the textual descriptions of scored waypoints are subsequently incorporated into computer-generated driving directions and the stored textual descriptions are based at least in part on the visual distinctiveness of the waypoint.