Granted Patent B2

US 8,396,657 · App. 11/315,564 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Abstract

Claims (21)

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a processor;

a map management module, executed by the processor, to move a location identifier representing a point of interest from a first position to a second position on an electronic map in accordance with received digital map correction information, the received digital map correction information is generated by tapping on a display of the mobile computing device; and

a map location module, executed by the processor, to generate corrected latitude and longitude coordinates for the point of interest corresponding to the second position on the electronic map, the corrected latitude and longitude coordinates to replace predefined latitude and longitude coordinates for the point of interest.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , comprising a map correction module to store the corrected latitude and longitude coordinates in a map correction database.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , comprising a map display module to display the location identifier at the second position on the electronic map using the corrected latitude and longitude coordinates.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , the map location correction module to generate corrected altitude information for the point of interest.

5. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, digital map correction information, the digital map correction information is generated by tapping on a display of the mobile computing device;

moving, by a processor of the mobile device, a location identifier representing a point of interest from a first position to a second position on an electronic map in accordance with the digital map correction information; and

generating, by the processor, corrected latitude and longitude coordinates for the point of interest corresponding to the second position on the electronic map, the corrected latitude and longitude coordinates to replace predefined latitude and longitude coordinates for the point of interest.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising storing the corrected latitude and longitude coordinates in a map correction database.

7. The method of claim 5 , comprising displaying the location identifier at the second position on the electronic map using the corrected latitude and longitude coordinates.

8. An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable a system to:

receive digital map correction information at a mobile computing device indicating a position for a location identifier via an electronic map, the location identifier representing a location;

move the location identifier representing the location from a first position to a second position on the electronic map in accordance with the digital map correction information, the digital map correction information is generated by tapping on a display of the mobile computing device; and

generate corrected latitude and longitude coordinates for the location corresponding to the second position on the electronic map, the corrected latitude and longitude coordinates to replace predefined latitude and longitude coordinates for the location.

9. The article of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable a system to:

store said map location correction information in a map correction database.

10. The article of claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable a system to:

display the location identifier at the second position on the electronic map using the map location correction information.

Assignments (7)