Indicating a travel route based on a user selection
Techniques are provided for presenting a route in a manner that emphasizes the route and provides context information. For example, a vivid color or vivid colors may be used to display the route, and pastel colors or other desaturated colors may be used for non-route context information. This may result in a map in which the vivid colors of the route stand out over the faded style of the non-route context information to emphasize the route. In this manner, the map may both emphasize the route and provide context information for the route.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a request for a route;
identifying, using at least one processor, a map portion associated with the route and a narrative portion associated with the route, wherein the narrative portion comprises a listing of a plurality of maneuvers associated with the route;
providing, for display, the map portion associated with the route and the narrative portion associated with the route;
detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers; and
providing, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the narrative portion further comprises a total distance of the route.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the narrative portion further comprises an estimated amount of time to travel the route.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises a scrolling list of text descriptions of each maneuver within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the text descriptions of each maneuver comprise a distance relative to an adjacent maneuver.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each maneuver within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers is associated with a corresponding portion of the route.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein providing, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver comprises providing, for display, highlighting of a portion of the route associated with the particular maneuver.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein providing, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver comprises providing, for display, a cursor proximate to a portion of the route associated with the particular maneuver.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises detecting a mouse cursor proximate to the particular maneuver in the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises detecting a mouse click proximate to the particular maneuver in the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.
11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed at a processor, cause a computer system to:
idenify a map portion associated with a route and a narrative portion associated with the route, wherein the narrative portion comprises a listing of a plurality of maneuvers associated with the route;
provide, for display, the map portion associated with the route and the narrative portion associated with the route;
detect a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers; and
provide, for display, an indicator on the map portion that corresponds to the particular maneuver.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the narrative portion further comprises an estimated amount of time to travel the route.
13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises a scrolling list of text descriptions of maneuvers within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein each maneuver within the listing of the plurality of maneuvers is associated with a corresponding portion of the route.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers comprises detecting a mouse cursor proximate to the particular maneuver in the listing of the plurality of maneuvers.
16. A method comprising:
providing, for display and using at least one processor, a route that comprises a map portion and a narrative portion, wherein the narrative portion comprises a listing of a plurality of maneuvers;
detecting a selection of a particular maneuver from the listing of the plurality of maneuvers; and
providing, for display, an indicator that illustrates the particular maneuver on the map portion.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein providing, for display, an indicator that illustrates the particular maneuver on the map portion comprises providing, for display, a maneuver map comprising a sub-portion of the map portion associated with the particular maneuver.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising positioning the maneuver map proximate a portion of the map portion corresponding to the particular maneuver.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the maneuver map further comprises one or more additional maneuvers that occur within a defined distance of the particular maneuver.
20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the maneuver map further comprises a predefined number of additional maneuvers that occur following the particular maneuver.