Patent ID: 8892455

Claim:
A method performed by a computing system for providing location assessments of geographic locations, the computing system having a processor and a memory, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a location; determining a location assessment for the indicated location by: retrieving, by the computing system and from a computer-accessible database, a plurality of geographic-related entities having point locations; identifying, by the computing system, a plurality of categories of the retrieved geographic-related entities having point locations that are situated near the indicated location; retrieving, by the computing system and from a computer-accessible database, a plurality of features; identifying, by the computing system, one or more of the retrieved plurality of features that are situated near the indicated location but do not have point locations, wherein the plurality of features indicate a pedestrian-friendly or bicycle-friendly environment; calculating, by the computing system, a population density metric, the population density metric reflecting a population of the local area around the indicated location relative to the population of a larger region surrounding the local area; for each of the plurality of categories, determining, by the computing system, one or more retrieved geographic-related entities of the category that is situated near the indicated location; generating, by the computing system for each determined geographic-related entity, a weighted measure based at least in part on a distance between the indicated location and the determined geographic-related entity; generating, by the computing system for each of the determined plurality of features, a weighted measure that is proportional to the existence of the feature; aggregating, by the computing system, the generated weighted measures to determine a score that reflects a level of support/quality/attractiveness of pedestrian travel or bicycle travel around the location; and weighting the score by the calculated population density metric to determine a location assessment; and providing a visual representation of the determined location assessment.