Patent ID: 8738638

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a plurality of views of a map from a plurality of different presentations of the views to different users, the map comprising hierarchical map portions, each map portion having a first size and encompassing an area on the map, and the map having at least one parent node encompassing an area of the map that is larger than the first size; determining a first map portion encompassed by the plurality of views of the map, the first map portion being one of the map portions having the first size and that is scaled to a first zoom level; determining a second map portion having a second size scaled to a second zoom level; and determining a score for the first map portion simultaneously with determining a score for the second map portion based at least on a number of the views of the map at the second zoom level that encompass the first map portion and the second map portion, and wherein the score is weighted based on an amount of each presented view the first map portion or the second map portion occupies.