Patent ID: 8886220

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for presenting location information on a handheld electronic device having a display, the method comprising: accessing at least a first measurement from a GPS receiver in the handheld electronic device; accessing at least a second measurement from another sensor in the handheld electronic device, the another sensor to sense an attribute of an environment where the handheld electronic device is in, wherein the second measurement helps identify location; analyzing at least the first measurement and the second measurement; determining a location of the handheld electronic device based on the analyzing, wherein the determining requires both the first measurement from the GPS receiver and the second measurement from the another sensor in the handheld electronic device; presenting a geographic area on the display of the handheld electronic device; associating the location to a position on the geographic area; and presenting a symbol at the associated position on the geographic area, wherein the geographic area presented includes at least one point of interest.