Patent ID: 6956590

Claim:
A method for providing visual continuity when performing a panning operation with a map display on a display screen of a computing platform, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a first map view of a first geographic area on the display screen of the computing platform, wherein the first map view is at a first scale; in response to a user's operation of a user interface of the computing platform to perform a panning operation, displaying a second map view of a second geographic area on the display screen of the computing platform, wherein the second map view is at the first scale, and wherein the second geographic area includes a portion of the first geographic area and a portion not in the first geographic area; during several seconds immediately upon the displaying of the second map view, rendering a boundary line on the second map view, wherein the boundary line corresponds to a border between the portion of the first geographic area shown in the second map view and the portion of the second geographic area not in the first map view; and after the several seconds, causing the boundary line to disappear.