Patent Document ID: 20130321397
Application ID: 13601934
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: performing, by one or more computing devices: generating a representation of a map region divided into a plurality of sections; receiving height information corresponding to the map region, wherein the height information includes height values corresponding to one or more locations in the map region; extruding each respective section of the plurality of sections according to a corresponding respective height value of the height values, wherein said extruding is based on a correspondence of the respective section to a respective location in the map region, and wherein the respective height value corresponds to the respective location; generating a three-dimensional representation of the map region based on said extruding each respective section of the plurality of sections; determining, based on the three-dimensional representation of the map region, that a label in a map view of the map region is occluded below a threshold amount; and rendering at least a portion of the label in the map view based on said determining that the label in the map view of the map region is occluded below the threshold amount.