Multiple views of a geographic area on a mobile device
A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location, providing one or more search results in response to the search query, the search results each being associated with a geographic location, and presenting on a graphical display of the computing device icons corresponding to each search result and also corresponding to a key on the computing device.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
displaying, by a computing system, a presentation of a particular geographic area as a presentation of a map view of the particular geographic area;
receiving, by the computing system and during the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area, an indication of a user input to select a first user interface element;
displaying, by the computing system and as a result of having received the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element, a second user interface element that is configured to enable toggling from the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area to a presentation of an overhead image view of the particular geographic area, wherein displaying the second user interface element as a result of having received the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element includes displaying the second user interface element in a menu of user interface elements that the computing system displays in response to having received the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element;
receiving, by the computing system, an indication of a user input to select the second user interface element; and
toggling, by the computing system as a result of having received the indication of the user input to select the second user interface element, the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area to the presentation of the overhead image view of the particular geographic area;
receiving, by the computing system and during the presentation of the overhead image view of the particular geographic area, an indication of another user input to select the first user interface element; and
displaying, by the computing system as a result of receiving the indication of the another user input to select the first user interface element, the menu of user interface elements with the display of the second user interface element in the collection having changed from (i) presenting an indication that selection of the second user interface element toggles the presentation of the geographic area to the overhead image view, to (ii) presenting an indication that selection of the second user interface element toggles the presentation of the geographic area to the map view.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each of the user interface elements in the menu of user interface elements other than the second user interface element remains the same as a result of (i) receiving the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element, and (ii) receiving the indication of the another user input to select the first user interface element.
3. A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying, by a computing system, a presentation of a particular geographic area as a presentation of a map view of the particular geographic area at a particular zoom level;
receiving, by the computing system and during the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level, an indication of first user input to select a first user interface element that was displayed concurrent with the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level;
displaying, by the computing system and as a result of having received the indication of the first user input to select the first user interface element, a second user interface element concurrent with the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level, the second user interface element being configured to enable toggling from the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level to a presentation of a satellite image view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level;
receiving, by the computing system, an indication of second user input to select the second user interface element, and as a result:
(i) removing the display of the second user interface element,
(ii) displaying the first user interface element, and
(iii) toggling the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level to a presentation of the satellite image view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level;
receiving, by the computing system and during the presentation of the satellite image view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level, an indication of third user input to select the first user interface element which is displayed concurrent with the presentation of the satellite image view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level;
displaying, by the computing system and as a result having received the indication of the third user input to select the first user interface element, a third user interface element concurrent with the presentation of the satellite image view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level, the third user interface element being configured to enable toggling from the presentation of the satellite image view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level to the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level; and
receiving, by the computing system, an indication of a fourth user input to select the third user interface element, and as a result:
(i) removing the display of the third user interface element,
(ii) displaying the first user interface element, and
(iii) toggling the presentation of the satellite image view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level to the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area at the particular zoom level.
4. A computer-readable storage device including instructions that, when executed by a programmable processor, cause performance of operations that comprise:
receiving, by the computing system and during the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area, an indication of a user input to select a first user interface element;
displaying, by the computing system and as a result of having received the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element, a second user interface element that is configured to enable toggling from the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area to a presentation of an overhead image view of the particular geographic area, wherein displaying the second user interface element as a result of having received the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element includes displaying the second user interface element in a menu of user interface elements that the computing system displays in response to having received the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element;
receiving, by the computing system, an indication of a user input to select the second user interface element;
toggling, by the computing system as a result of having received the indication of the user input to select the second user interface element, the presentation of the map view of the particular geographic area to the presentation of the overhead image view of the particular geographic area; and
receiving, by the computing system and during the presentation of the overhead image view of the particular geographic area, an indication of another user input to select the first user interface element; and
displaying, by the computing system as a result of receiving the indication of the another user input to select the first user interface element, the menu of user interface elements with the display of the second user interface element in the collection having changed from (i) presenting an indication that selection of the second user interface element toggles the presentation of the geographic area to the overhead image view, to (ii) presenting an indication that selection of the second user interface element toggles the presentation of the geographic area to the map view.
5. The computer-readable storage device of claim 4 , wherein each of the user interface elements in the menu of user interface elements other than the second user interface element remains the same as a result of (i) receiving the indication of the user input to select the first user interface element, and (ii) receiving the indication of the another user input to select the first user interface element.