Patent ID: 8448087

Claim:
A method comprising: assigning a representative to a second section on a surface of a sphere, wherein the second section surrounds a second location on the surface of the sphere and a first section surrounds a first location on the surface of the sphere, wherein a locational relation exists between the first location and the second location, wherein the first section is displayed in an enlarged view on a screen, and wherein the second section is not displayed on the screen; and actuating the representative to navigate from the first location to the second location, wherein the actuating causes the enlarged view of the first section to be reduced in a non-abrupt manner until both the first section and the second section are displayed on the screen, and then the second section to be enlarged in a non-abrupt manner until the first section is no longer displayed on the screen, and wherein the locational relation is maintained between the first location and the second location as the first section is reduced and the second section is enlarged.