ALARM CLUSTERING MECHANISM
A method is disclosed. The method includes identifying locations of one or more points of interest, identifying an area of interest on a map displayed on a display device, identifying points of interest within the area of interest, selecting a level of detail and clustering the points of interest within the level of detail based on the location of the points of interest relative proximity to other points of interest.
1 . A computer-generated method comprising:
identifying locations of one or more points of interest
identifying an area of interest on a map displayed on a display device;
identifying points of interest within the area of interest;
selecting a level of detail; and
clustering the points of interest within the level of detail based on the location of the points of interest relative proximity to other points of interest.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the clustered points of interest on a map.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the area of interest includes one of the world, a continent, a country or a region.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the distance of the point of interest from the area of interest is determined using a distance formula.
5 . The method of claim 4 wherein point of interest is deemed within the area of interest if within a predetermined distance the area of interest.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the locations are identified upon receiving a user selection via a graphical user interface (GUI).