Indoor Outdoor Map Integration for Commercial Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online platforms integrating location-based services and indoor maps face challenges in providing comprehensive information about commercial facilities within large, complex buildings, requiring users to click multiple times to access details about stores, and lack dynamic and responsive interfaces for varying screen sizes.
Innovation Solution
A digital map system that integrates outdoor and indoor maps, allowing responsive HTML pages and Internet links to be displayed within building boundaries based on zoom levels, using a computer program to manage digital files and display floor plans, and automatically showing floor selection menus for multi-story buildings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users access detailed information about commercial facilities in large buildings through traditional map interfaces, then information completeness is improved, but the number of clicks required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges indoor maps with outdoor maps into a unified interface. The indoor map is overlaid on the outdoor map when the user zooms in beyond a threshold level, allowing seamless transition and access to both indoor and outdoor information without requiring separate applications or multiple navigation steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically displays the indoor map overlay when the zoom level exceeds a preset threshold, before the user explicitly requests it. This preliminary action anticipates the user's need for detailed indoor information and provides it proactively, reducing the number of interactive steps required.
2Loss of information
If the map interface displays detailed indoor information at high zoom levels, then information accessibility is improved, but interface adaptability to different screen sizes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The interface dynamically adjusts its behavior based on the zoom level. At lower zoom levels, the outdoor map is displayed normally. When the zoom level exceeds a threshold, the system automatically overlays the indoor map, creating a dynamic adaptation to the user's information needs without requiring manual configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the zoom level parameter as a trigger condition. When the zoom parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, the interface changes by displaying the indoor map overlay. This parameter-based control allows the interface to adapt to different viewing conditions while maintaining consistency across various screen sizes.
3Productivity
If the system integrates multiple map layers and information sources, then comprehensive navigation capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments map information into distinct layers: outdoor map data and indoor map data. These segmented layers are managed separately but can be overlaid when needed. This segmentation allows the system to handle complex multi-layer information without overwhelming the user interface or requiring complex integration logic.
Data Source
AI summary
A digital map based online platform is provided. The online platform comprises an outdoor map server, a data store, a building database, a space database, and a computer program stored in a medium. The data store manages digital files related to buildings including floor plans of buildings and digital files including website source codes related to spaces in individual folders for each building and space. The building database and the space database manage map setting data of buildings and spaces, respectively. The computer program stored in a medium executes a series of stages to integrally display an outdoor map, an indoor map including floor plans of buildings, Internet links, and responsive HTML pages on the view of a digital map. The medium includes a web server and a user terminal.