Patent ID: 8452784

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving input parameters graphically specifying a search region on an image of a map, wherein the input parameters include a height parameter, and the search region corresponds to one or more search criteria; obtaining one or more filtering parameters based at least in part on a user profile, and filtering, by a processor, the search region based at least in part on the filtering parameters; causing, at least in part, by the processor, a search based on the search criteria according to the filtered search region to obtain a search result; and causing, at least in part, presentation of the search result within the search region, wherein the presentation of the search result within the search region on the image of the map is on a first graphical user interface, and wherein a filtered search result is visible to the user within the search region as a distortion, the method further comprising: causing, at least in part, presentation of the search result within the search region on another image of the map with a different scale on a second graphical user interface, and wherein the first graphical user interface and the second graphical user interface display the search result within the search region on images of the map with different scales simultaneously.