Patent ID: 7853988

Claim:
A method comprising: generating a browser view state data structure associated with a geospatial browser, the browser view state data structure referencing a first location within a common coordinate system, wherein the first location specifies at least one aspect of a view presented on an output device by the geospatial browser; generating a tool state data structure for at least one geospatially-referenced tool, wherein the tool state data structure references a second location within the common coordinate system, wherein the second location constrains a set of data upon which the geospatially-referenced tool operates; saving the browser view state data structure associated with the geospatial browser and the tool state data structure for the at least one geospatially-referenced tool to one or more persistent storage media wherein the saved browser view state data structure associated with the geospatial browser and the saved tool state data structure for the at least one geospatially-referenced tool comprises a first bookmark associated with a first geospatial decision management system view and further comprising: saving in the one or more persistent storage media a second bookmark associated with a second geospatial decision management system view; applying an animation sequence constraint on the first bookmark and second bookmark to control an order in which the first geospatial decision management system view and the second geospatial decision management system view are presented on an output device upon restoration.