Patent ID: 8868374

Claim:
A method, implemented at a portable computing device that includes one or more processors, for displaying different views at the portable computing device, the method comprising: receiving a first gesture at the portable computing device, the first gesture received at a physical location, the first gesture comprising one or more physical movements of the portable computing device in which one or more detected change in motion, direction or orientation of the portable computing device is used to define the first gesture; based on receiving the first gesture: displaying a two-dimensional (2D) map-based view of a geographical area corresponding to the physical location based on location and direction information measured by the portable computing device; and displaying at least one indication of a particular point of interest that is contextually relevant to the portable computing device within the 2D map-based view of the geographical area; and receiving a second gesture at the portable computing device, the second gesture received at the physical location, the second gesture comprising one or more physical movements of the portable computing device in which one or more detected change in motion, direction or orientation of the portable computing device is used to define the second gesture; based on receiving the second gesture: displaying a three-dimensional (3D) perspective view of the geographical area instead of the 2D map-based view of the geographical area; and displaying at least one indication of the particular point of interest within the 3D perspective view of the geographical area.