Patent ID: 8290943

Claim:
A geographical information system comprising: a plurality of information databases for storage of a plurality of data records that are each associated with a particular geographical location; a user store database for storage of a user login record associated with a user and a user preference record associated with the user; a web server that is coupled to the information database and a client computing system, the web server being configured to retrieve the plurality of data records from the information database; a web based application that is a script interpreter or an applet that is executable using a web browser, the web based application being operable to: display a map on a client computing system, the map including the particular geographical location; receive a selection of at least two information databases of the plurality of information databases; filter the plurality of data records to identify a plurality of filtered data records, the filtering based upon: geo-spatial, contextual, or temporal filter criteria; and the user login record and user preference record; transmit the plurality of filtered data records from the selected information databases to the client computing system; concurrently display a summary portion of each of the plurality of filtered data records at the particular geographical location of the map and a database name of each of the plurality of filtered data records, each respective database name comprising the name of the information database that transmitted the respective data record; display a detailed portion of each of the plurality of filtered data records upon manual request by the user.