Patent Document ID: 8989434
Application ID: 13862956
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of managing geographical imagery, the method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, oblique imagery and storing the oblique imagery as unstitched oblique images in a database; associating, using the one or more computing devices, metadata with the unstitched oblique images, the metadata including location information for each respective unstitched image; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a first request for images, the first request including a target location and a first point of view; comparing, using the one or more computing devices, the target location to the location information; selecting, using the one or more computing devices, at least a first one of the unstitched oblique images based upon the comparison, wherein the at least one first unstitched oblique image is selected according to a ranking function, wherein the ranking function measures relevance of the unstitched oblique images based on the requested first point of view; transmitting, using the one or more computing devices, the at least one first unstitched oblique images to a client device; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a second request for images, the second request including the target location from a second point of view; selecting, using the one or more computing devices, at least a second one of the unstitched oblique images according to the ranking function; and transmitting, using the one or more computing devices, the at least one second unstitched oblique images to the client device, wherein the transmitting includes a smooth transition between the at least one first unstitched oblique image and the at least one second unstitched oblique image.