Shared geo-located objects
View Patent ↗A method of reviewing geo-coded information at a geographic information system is disclosed. The method may include receiving information identifying a geo-located object from a submitter of the object, receiving information identifying the location of the geo-located object from the submitter, and receiving a request from a user of the geographic information system for one or more geo-located objects that includes the submitted geo-located object, and transmitting information for permitting display of the geo-located object to the user of the geographic information system.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, through a network-accessible interface, information identifying a three-dimensional model;
receiving, by the one or more computing devices, information identifying a geographical location of the three-dimensional model, the geographical location geo-locating the three-dimensional model on a geography;
storing, by the one or more computing devices, the geo-located three-dimensional model in a model database with a plurality of other geo-located models; and
forming, by the one or more computing devices, an association between topographical image information representing the geographical location and the geo-located three-dimensional model, wherein the association locates the geo-located three-dimensional model in context within and overlaid on a representation of the geographical location.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request submitted by a client device, the request including information identifying the geographical location; and
causing, by the one or more computing devices, topographical image information representing the geographical location in association with the geo-located three-dimensional model to be delivered to the client device that submitted the request.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the information identifying the three-dimensional model comprises information defining the three-dimensional model in association with the geographical location and is transmitted in an XML format.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the information identifying the geographical location of the three-dimensional model includes a placemark that identifies the location of the information defining the three-dimensional model and a link directed to the information defining the three-dimensional model, wherein selection of the link causes the three-dimensional model to be downloaded to a requesting client device.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising storing and transmitting, with the one or more computing devices, an image of the three-dimensional model, wherein the image is formatted so that selection of the image by a user causes the three-dimensional model to be displayed on the requesting client device.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising associating advertising with the geo-located three-dimensional model for display on the three-dimensional geo-located model.
7. A system comprising:
one or more computing devices configured to:
receive through a network-accessible interface, information identifying a three-dimensional model;
receive information identifying a geographical location of the three-dimensional model, the geographical location geo-locating the three-dimensional model on a geography;
store the geo-located three-dimensional model in a model database with a plurality of other geo-located models; and
form an association between topographical image information representing the geographical location and the geo-located three-dimensional model, wherein the association locates the geo-located three-dimensional model in context within and overlaid on a representation of the geographical location.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the information identifying the three-dimensional model comprises information defining the three-dimensional model in association with the geographical location and is transmitted in an XML format.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the information identifying the geographical location of the three-dimensional model includes a placemark that identifies the location of the information defining the three-dimensional model and a link directed to the information defining the three-dimensional model, wherein selection of the link causes the three-dimensional model to be downloaded to a requesting client device.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to store and transmit an image of the three-dimensional model, wherein the image is formatted so that selection of the image by a user causes the three-dimensional model to be displayed on the requesting client device.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to associate advertising with the geo-located three-dimensional model for display on the three-dimensional geo-located model.
12. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, information identifying a three-dimensional model;
receiving, by the one or more computing devices, information identifying a geographical location of the three-dimensional model, the geographical location geo-locating the three-dimensional model on a geography;
storing, by the one or more computing devices, the geo-located three-dimensional model in a model database with a plurality of other geo-located models; and
forming, by the one or more computing devices, an association between image information representing the geographical location and the geo-located three-dimensional model, wherein the association locates the geo-located three-dimensional model in context within and overlaid on a representation of the geographical location.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request submitted by a client device, the request including information identifying the geographical location; and
causing, by the one or more computing devices, image information representing the geographical location in association with the geo-located three-dimensional model to be delivered to the client device that submitted the request.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the information identifying the three-dimensional model comprises information defining the three-dimensional model in association with the geographical location.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the information is transmitted in an XML format.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the information identifying the geographical location of the three-dimensional model includes a placemark that identifies the location of the information defining the three-dimensional model and a link directed to the information defining the three-dimensional model, wherein selection of the link causes the three-dimensional model to be downloaded to a requesting client device.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , further comprising storing and transmitting, with the one or more computing devices, an image of the three-dimensional model.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the image of the three-dimensional model is formatted so that selection of the image by a user causes the three-dimensional model to be displayed on the requesting client device.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , further comprising associating advertising with the geo-located three-dimensional model for display on the three-dimensional geo-located model.
20. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the image information comprises satellite image information, map image information, topographical image information, or combinations thereof.