Patent Document ID: 20100100835
Application ID: 12254654
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions for performing a method of presenting aspects of change associated with a geographic area that has been captured by high-resolution, remotely sensed imagery, the method comprising: receiving a query that reflects a request to present a visualization of terrestrial change associated with the geographic area, wherein the query includes one or more inputs; inspecting a stored dataset that includes indexed geospatial data that is useable to be searched to respond to the query, (1) wherein the indexed geospatial data includes indexed information that describes the geographic area, and (2) wherein the indexed information was derived from the high-resolution, remotely sensed imagery; identifying from the dataset a first plurality of regions that satisfy the query, wherein each of the first plurality of regions, (1) is a portion of a larger geographic area, and (2) reflects change in the portion from a first state to a second state; respectively assigning a ranking value to each region of the first plurality of regions, wherein the ranking value is useable to rank the first plurality of regions based on their relative consistency with the query, thereby providing a set of ranked regions; and presenting on a user interface one or more presentations respectively associated with a selection of the ranked regions.