Patent ID: 8335642

Claim:
A method for displaying a symbol representing an aircraft, the method comprising: displaying the symbol representing the aircraft at a location on a map, the symbol having a first level of detail that does not change, wherein the symbol represents a position of the aircraft on the map, moves on the map in a manner that represents movement of the aircraft with respect to features on the map, and has an anchor point at a first point on the symbol in which the anchor point is used as a point of rotation for the symbol, the first point having a location on the symbol relative to a feature of the aircraft; displaying the map at a second level of detail that changes with respect to a change in scale of the map while the first level of detail for the symbol remains fixed; responsive to receiving a request to change the second level of detail, identifying, by a processor, a second point for the anchor point on the symbol such that a view point of the symbol on the map at the first level of detail remains fixed relative to the change in display of the map at the second level of detail, wherein the first point and the second point are different points; and displaying the symbol on the map using the second point for the anchor point.