Patent Document ID: 20100182317
Application ID: 12591822
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. Map display method allowing the display of a building on a map to be enhanced, without hiding another portion of this map, comprising: displaying a first level of this building in the position of this building in the original image, with an enlargement ratio of 100%, displaying the other levels of this building, juxtaposing them with the first level, with an enlargement ratio of 100%; and displaying, in juxtaposition with the display of the different levels of this building, a surface representing a so-called peripheral portion located, in the original image, on the periphery of this building, this peripheral portion being displayed by applying: to all elements of this peripheral portion, enlargement ratios greater than or equal to a pre-determined minimum value, and at least to some elements, respective enlargement ratios with values lower than 100%, chosen such that the combination of the display surface of the peripheral portion and the display surface of all the levels occupies, in the new image of the map, a surface equal to that of the combination of the display surface of this building and the display surface of the peripheral portion in the original image of the map.