Patent Document ID: 20130321441
Application ID: 13601940
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: performing, by a computing device: obtaining from a server, by a map application, map data, wherein said map data comprises vector graphics data describing one or more shapes for a map, wherein said map data further comprises a mask indicator for one or more of the one or more shapes; rendering a map view based on the obtained map data for display on the computing device comprising: for each respective mask indicator from the map data for the map view, creating one or more mask shapes each corresponding to a shape described by the vector graphics data; for each created mask shape: determining a texture source for the mask shape according to the mask indicator for the mask shape; obtaining a texture for the mask shape from the texture source; and applying the mask shape to the obtained texture to render a fill portion of the corresponding shape described by the vector graphics data.