Patent ID: 8122341

Claim:
A system including at least one processor for displaying a map with annotations on a presentation device comprising: a map module that accesses map data and uses the map data to display a map on the presentation device; an annotation editing module that is used to create at least one annotation and wherein the editing module is used to edit the at least one annotation; an annotation viewing module wherein the presentation device uses the annotation viewing module to present the at least one annotation overlying the map and wherein the at least one annotation is registered to a map location; at least one locator wherein the at least one annotation is associated with the at least one locator; a live annotation module and at least one data source wherein the live annotation module obtains data from the data source that has automatically changed and dynamically updates a live annotation displayed on the presentation device in association with the map with the automatically changed data; and an annotation storage device that stores the at least one annotation wherein a particular locator is used to access every annotation stored in the storage device that is also associated with the particular locator, and wherein at least two users can simultaneously edit and view the at least one annotation via a communication network.