Patent ID: 8836705

Claim:
A method of generating a graphic for application to a surface to produce a plaque, wherein the method includes, in a processing system: transferring a map interface to a user processing system operated by a user; receiving, from the user via interaction with the map interface using the user processing system, first location data indicative of a first location; receiving, from the user via interaction with the map interface using the user processing system, second location data indicative of a plurality of second locations; determining for each second location, a displacement pair thereby determining a plurality of displacement pairs, each displacement pair being indicative of: a distance between the first location and the respective second location; and an angular displacement of the respective second location relative to the first location; and generating, using each displacement pair, graphical data indicative of a graphic for application to a surface, wherein the graphical data is indicative of the distance and the angular displacement of each second location relative to the first location, wherein the graphic is not part of the map interface, wherein the graphic includes a plurality of lines radially extending from a center area of the graphic, wherein each line is generated according to one of the displacement pairs such that each line radially extends from the center area in a direction according to the respective angular displacement of the respective second location relative to the first location as indicated by the corresponding displacement pair, wherein the graphic is generated by the processing system to include a plurality of second location textual indicia, each of the plurality of second location textual indicia being indicative of one of the second locations and positioned adjacent the line for the respective second location, wherein each the plurality of second location textual indicia is indicative of a name of the corresponding second location and the distance of the respective displacement pair for the respective second location, wherein each of the plurality of second location textual indicia is tilted to be parallel to the respective line which the respective second location indicia is adjacent thereto such that the plurality of second location textual indicia are tilted at different angles in the graphic.