System and method for determining visibility of geotagged content
View Patent ↗A system and method for providing information corresponding to a set of geotagged content is provided. A location of a user operated mobile device is determined and mapping information of a target area associated with the location of the user operated mobile device is retrieved. Information corresponding to a several geotagged content in the target area is further retrieved. A visibility of each of the several geotagged content from the location of the user operated mobile device is determined based on the location of the user operated mobile device, the mapping information of the target area, and the retrieved information corresponding to several geotagged content in the target area. Information corresponding to a set of the several geotagged content determined to be visible from the location of the user is provided.
1. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
retrieving location updates of a user operated mobile device;
determining a direction of travel and a speed of travel of the user operated mobile device based on the location updates;
retrieving mapping information of a target area associated with a location of the user operated mobile device;
retrieving information corresponding to a plurality of geotagged content in the target area;
determining a visibility of each of the plurality of geotagged content from the location of the user operated mobile device based on the determined direction of travel of the user operated mobile device, the mapping information of the target area, and the retrieved information corresponding to a plurality of geotagged content in the target area, wherein determining the visibility of each of the plurality of geotagged content from the location of the user operated mobile device comprises associating a field of vision with the direction of travel of the user operated mobile device, and wherein the field of vision is determined based on the speed of travel, the field of vision being reduced as the speed of travel is increased; and
providing information corresponding to a set of the plurality of geotagged content determined to be visible from the location of the user.
2. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the field of vision comprises an angle, and wherein the angle of the field of vision represents an angle of deviation from the determined direction of travel at which objects are determined to be visible.
3. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein a set of the plurality of geotagged content are determined to be visible from the location of the user when the set of the plurality of geotagged content are within the field of vision associated with the determined direction of travel.
4. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the determining the visibility of each of the plurality of geotagged content from the location of the user operated mobile device is further based on at least one of weather condition and lighting condition.
5. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein a set of the plurality of geotagged content are determined to be visible from the location of the user when the set of the plurality of geotagged content are within the field of vision associated with the determined direction of travel.
6. A system for providing information corresponding to a set of geotagged content, the system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
retrieving location updates of a user operated mobile device;
determining a direction of travel and a speed of travel of the user operated mobile device based on the location updates;
identify an orientation of the user operated mobile device;
associating the direction of travel with the identified orientation of the user operated mobile device;
retrieving mapping information of a target area associated with a location of the user operated mobile device;
retrieving information corresponding to a plurality of geotagged content in the target area;
determining a visibility of each of the plurality of geotagged content from the location of the user operated mobile device based on the orientation of the user operated mobile device associated with the direction of travel, the mapping information of the target area, and the retrieved information corresponding to a plurality of geotagged content in the target area, wherein the machine-readable medium further comprises instructions for associating a field of vision with the determined direction of travel of the user operated mobile device, and wherein the field of vision is determined based on the speed of travel, the field of vision being reduced as the speed of travel is increased; and
providing information corresponding to a set of the plurality of geotagged content determined to be visible from the location of the user.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the direction of travel of the user operated mobile device is determined based on a reading of a compass operating on the user operated mobile device.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein a change in the orientation of the user operated mobile device causes a change in the direction of travel on which the determination of the visibility of each of the plurality of geotagged content is based.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein a set of the plurality of geotagged content are determined to be visible from the location of the user when the set of the plurality of geotagged content are within the field of vision associated with the determined direction of travel.