Patent ID: 8385669

Claim:
A method for storing a set of multi-resolution images as a collection in an image pyramid comprising a set of 0 to N levels, the method comprising the steps of: arranging the multi-resolution images in a spatial layout on a first level of an image pyramid, the first level having one or more tiles on which the multi-resolution images are stored at a first resolution; and arranging the multi-resolution images in the spatial layout on a second level of the image pyramid, the second level having one or more tiles on which the multi-resolution images are stored at a second resolution, the spatial layout being configured as a fractal layout that is scalable across the first and second levels so that a spatial position for each image in the set of multi-resolution images in the collection is uniquely describable at every level using a single ordinal, the first and second levels each containing all of the multi-resolution images in the collection at different levels of resolution.