Geospatial Image Map Composite Overlay
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional web-based maps are inefficient and user-unfriendly as they require users to click or hover over individual icons to view corresponding images, making it tedious to understand information associated with geographic locations.
Innovation Solution
A system for generating a geospatial interactive composite web-based image map that creates a collage of multiple relevant images overlaid onto a map, allowing users to interactively change the view and dynamically update the collage with additional images for selected geographic locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional web-based maps display only small icons or tags at geographic locations, then the map interface remains simple and clean, but users cannot efficiently view multiple images or information associated with those locations without clicking each icon individually
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual image icons into a single composite collage that displays multiple images simultaneously. Instead of requiring users to click through individual icons, the system combines multiple image representations into one unified visual display that shows all associated images at once, thereby improving user efficiency while maintaining full information visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a one-to-one mapping (one icon per image) to a many-to-one relationship (multiple images in one collage). This dimensional change in information organization allows multiple images to be represented in a single visual unit on the map, enabling users to view multiple images without increasing the number of interactive elements they must navigate.
2Measurement precision
If users click or hover over individual icons to view images, then each image can be displayed in detail, but the process becomes tedious and time-consuming, especially when adjusting map views
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-assembling collages of multiple images before the user interacts with the map. When a user hovers over or clicks a geographic location, the collage is already prepared and displayed immediately, eliminating the need for users to sequentially click through multiple individual icons. This preliminary preparation significantly reduces the time required to view multiple images while maintaining the ability to see each image in detail.
3Ease of operation
If conventional maps display images in a panel adjacent to the map region, then images can be viewed outside the map area, but users still need to select items on the map first, which reduces interactivity and efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the map display area and the image display area into a unified composite view. Instead of separating images into an adjacent panel that requires preliminary selection, the collage is embedded directly within the map interface, allowing users to view images in the context of their geographic locations without additional navigation steps or complex interface structures.
Data Source
AI summary
Computer-readable media and methods for a geospatial image map are disclosed. A computer-readable medium has computer-readable instructions stored thereon. The computer-readable instructions are configured to instruct one or more processors to display a map of a selected geographic region on an electronic display. The map includes geographic sub-regions displayed within the map. The computer-readable instructions are configured to instruct the one or more processors to select discrete images corresponding to the geographic sub-regions, and display the discrete images at the same time on the electronic display as an overlay to the map. A method includes displaying a map of a selected geographic region, displaying geographic sub-regions of the selected geographic region, selecting discrete images corresponding to the geographic sub-regions and one or more selected categories, and displaying the discrete images simultaneously on the electronic display as an overlay to the map.