NON-UNIFORMLY SCALING A MAP FOR EMPHASIZING AREAS OF INTEREST
A method, apparatus and computer program where the method comprises determining a plurality of areas of interest where the areas are isolated from each other by intermediate areas; and non-uniformly scaling a map comprising the plurality of areas of interest by changing the relative scaling between the plurality of areas of interest and the intermediate areas.
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31 . A method comprising:
determining a plurality of areas of interest where the areas are isolated from each other by intermediate areas;
non-uniformly scaling a map comprising the plurality of areas of interest by changing the relative scaling between the plurality of areas of interest and the intermediate areas.
32 . A method of claim 31 wherein the non-uniformly scaling comprises increasing the relative scaling within the plurality of areas of interest and decreasing the relative scaling between the areas of interest.
33 . A method of claim 31 , wherein the determining of the areas of interest comprises determining areas comprising a plurality of points of interest and determining areas with at least a critical density of points of interest.
34 . A method of claim 31 , wherein the determining of the areas of interest comprises detecting a user input indicating areas on a map.
35 . A method of claim 31 , wherein the determining of the areas of interest comprises analysing metadata of a map.
36 . A method of claim 31 , further comprising displaying the non-uniformly scaled map on a display.
37 . A method of claim 36 wherein the areas of interest are displayed in a tessellated arrangement.
38 . A method of claim 36 , wherein at least a portion of the intermediate areas are not displayed on the display.
39 . A method of claims 31 , further comprising detecting a change in the areas of interest and rescaling the map in response to the detected change.
40 . A method of claim 31 , wherein the relative scaling of at least some of the areas between the areas of interest is decreased to zero so that at least a portion of the intermediate areas is removed.
41 . An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code;
wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to:
determine a plurality of areas of interest where the areas are isolated from each other by intermediate areas; and
non-uniformly scale a map comprising the plurality of areas of interest by changing the relative scaling between the plurality of areas of interest and the intermediate areas.
42 . An apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the non-uniformly scaling comprises increasing the relative scaling within the plurality of areas of interest and decreasing the relative scaling between the areas of interest.
43 . An apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the determining of the areas of interest comprises determining areas comprising a plurality of points of interest and determining areas with at least a critical density of points of interest.
44 . An apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the determining of the areas of interest comprises detecting a user input indicating areas on a map.
45 . An apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the determining of the areas of interest comprises analysing metadata of a map.
46 . An apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, enable a display to display the non-uniformly scaled map.
47 . An apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the areas of interest are displayed in a tessellated arrangement.
48 . An apparatus of claim 46 , wherein at least a portion of the intermediate areas are not displayed on the display.
49 . An apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, detect a change in the areas of interest and rescale the map in response to the detected change.
50 . An apparatus of claim 41 , wherein the relative scaling of at least some of the areas between the areas of interest is decreased to zero so that at least a portion of the intermediate areas is removed.
51 . A computer program comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, enable an apparatus at least to perform:
determining a plurality of areas of interest where the areas are isolated from each other by intermediate areas;
non-uniformly scaling a map comprising the plurality of areas of interest by changing the relative scaling between the plurality of areas of interest and the intermediate areas.