Patent Application

App. No. 15/348,860

Abstract

Claims (55)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving an indication of an update to an artifact displayed within a geographical area from a device that displays the geographical area, the geographical area being displayed simultaneously on one or more devices, the geographical area including the artifact that corresponds to geospatial data;

generating, using one or more processors, the update to the artifact displayed within the geographical area based on the received indication of the update; and

transmitting data that causes display of the generated update to the geographical area currently displayed on each of the one or more devices.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

prior to receiving the indication of the update to the geographical area, transmitting data that causes display of the geographical area on each of the one or more devices.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the receiving includes receiving an indication of an additional artifact to include in the geographical area; and

the generating includes generating and causing display of the additional artifact at a further location within the geographical area.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the generating includes modifying the artifact based on the received indication of the update to the artifact.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request to form a connection between two artifacts that are located within the geographical area; and wherein the update includes generating a connection between the two artifacts that are located within the geographical area, the connection indicating a relationship between the two artifacts.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a panel that is selectable to indicate the update to the geographical area; and

transmitting data that causes display of the generated panel; and

wherein the receiving the update results from the transmitted data that causes display of the generated panel.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a layer that indicates a group of geospatial artifacts and their corresponding locations within the geographical area; and

transmitting data that causes display of the group of geospatial artifacts at the corresponding locations within the geographical area.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

assigning a permission to a device among the one or more devices, the permission indicating that the device is authorized to view the artifact included in the geographical area; and

wherein the transmitting the data that causes display of the update to the device is based on the assigned permission.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the update includes changing a characteristic of the artifact from a first characteristic to a second characteristic based on the received update, the second characteristic included in the received update.

10 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the receiving the indication of the additional artifact includes:

receiving an indication of a boundary around a location within the geographical area; and

generating the additional artifact at the location within the geographical area, the generating being based on the received indication of the boundary around the location.

11 . A system comprising:

one or more processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed, configure the one or more processors to at least:

receive an indication of an update to an artifact displayed within a geographical area from a device that displays the geographical area, the geographical area being displayed simultaneously on one or more devices, the geographical area including the artifact that corresponds to geospatial data;

generate the update to the artifact displayed within the geographical area based on the received indication of the update; and

transmit data that causes display of the generated update to the geographical area currently displayed on each of the one or more devices.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit data that causes display of the geographical area on each of the one or more devices.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive an indication of an additional artifact to include in the geographical area; and

generate and cause display of the additional artifact at a further location within the geographical area.

14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

modify the artifact based on the received indication of the update to the artifact.

15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receiving a request to form a connection between two artifacts that are located within the geographical area; and

generate a connection between the two artifacts that are located within the geographical area, the connection indicating a relationship between the two artifacts.

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

generate a panel that is selectable to indicate the update to the geographical area; and

transmit data that causes display of the generated panel; and

wherein the receiving the update results from the transmitted data that causes display of the generated panel.

17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a layer that indicates a group of geospatial artifacts and their corresponding locations within the geographical area; and

transmit data that causes display of the group of geospatial artifacts at the corresponding locations within the geographical area.

18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

assign a permission to a device among the one or more devices, the permission indicating that the device is authorized to view the artifact included in the geographical area; and wherein the transmitting the data to the device is based on the assigned permission.

19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to change a characteristic of the artifact from a first characteristic to a second characteristic based on the received update, the second characteristic included in the received update.

20 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication of an update to an artifact displayed within a geographical area from a device that displays the geographical area, the geographical area being displayed simultaneously on one or more devices, the geographical area including the artifact that corresponds to geospatial data;

generating the update to the artifact displayed within the geographical area based on the received indication of the update; and

transmitting data that causes display of the generated update to the geographical area currently displayed on each of the one or more devices.

Assignments (8)