Patent ID: RE44348

Claim:
A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in a terrain data representation for display on a display screen of a data processing system, comprising: translating each point of the representation, by the data processing system, within a lens bounds to a rotated plane being normal to a vector defined by a position for the region-of-interest with respect to a base plane for the representation and an apex above the base plane, the lens bounds defining a shoulder region at least partially surrounding a focal bounds defining a focal region in which the position is located, each point having a respective height above the base plane; displacing each translated point from the rotated plane, by the data processing system, by a function of the respective height and a magnification for the focal region, the magnification varying across the shoulder region in accordance with a drop-off function; rotating each displaced point, by the data processing system, toward a viewpoint for the region-of-interest to maintain visibility of each displaced point; and adjusting each rotated point corresponding to the shoulder region, by the data processing system, to provide a smooth transition to the data representation beyond the lens bounds.