Patent Document ID: 9785648
Application ID: 15387768
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented geographic information system (GIS) comprising: one or more computing devices for executing program code; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code executable to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving non-cartographic information about a plurality of geospatial entities, each geospatial entity having a geometry and located at a physical location, wherein the information comprises an attribute of the geospatial entity, wherein the geospatial entities are organized into a plurality of layers that respectively correspond to a plurality of different entity categories, and wherein the non-cartographic information for each geospatial entity further comprises identification of at least one of the plurality of layers to which such geospatial entity belongs; prioritizing the geospatial entities for display on a map using the non-cartographic information and according to a ranking mechanism; and providing one or more of the prioritized geospatial entities for display on the map for a user according to the ranking mechanism.