Street-level guidance via route path
To more realistically represent the real-world, a street-level view depicts a route path and objects that occlude one or more segments of the route path. Such objects can include guardrails, buildings, or any of a variety of other objects as described herein. The street-level view can be implemented in advance to preview travel, during travel, or in other scenarios. The street-level view presents the route path from a viewpoint that can be a current location of a traveler or an arbitrary location.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
accessing a digital map, the digital map representing locations and including information about the represented locations, the information further including a scene depiction and geometry associated with the scene depiction;
determining a first location of a viewpoint based on a location input received from a mobile device;
generating a preview depicting a scene from a perspective of the first location of the viewpoint according to the digital map;
determining a route path between a starting point and a destination;
generating a depiction of the route path by:
superimposing the route path over the preview;
determining that an object of varying thickness is situated between the viewpoint and the route path based on the information included in the digital map; and
responsive to determining the object is situated between the viewpoint and the route path, determining a portion of the route path to be occluded by the object; and
displaying the depiction of the route path superimposed over the preview on the mobile device, the displayed route path occluded by the object at the determined portion;
determining that a second location of the mobile device is approaching a predetermined location along the route path;
generating a street-level view depicting a photograph of the predetermined location from a perspective of the second location of the mobile device; and
supplementing the displayed route path superimposed with the preview with the street-level view that depicts the photograph of the predetermined location from the perspective of the second location of the mobile device, the street-level view including the route path occluded by the object at the determined portion, the occlusion varying according to the varying thickness of the object.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a transportation mode of the mobile device; and
providing the route path and the street-level view based on the transportation mode.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined location is the destination, the transportation mode comprises a driving mode, and the street-level view comprises a parking entrance.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined location is the destination, the transportation mode comprises a walking mode, and the street-level view comprises a building entrance.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the route path comprises a turn from a first street to a second street and wherein generating the depiction of the route path further comprises:
responsive to determining that the first location of the viewpoint approaches the turn, displaying a street name of the second street with a first depiction of the street name.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein generating the depiction of the route path further comprises:
displaying a second depiction of the street name of the second street that is distinct from the first depiction of the street name.
7. A system comprising:
a processor; and
non-transitory storage memory storing instructions configured to cause the processor to perform:
accessing a digital map, the digital map representing locations and including information about the represented locations, the information further including a scene depiction and geometry associated with the scene depiction;
determining a first location of a viewpoint based on a location input received from a mobile device;
generating a preview depicting a scene from a perspective of the first location of the viewpoint according to the digital map;
determining a route path between a starting point and a destination;
generating a depiction of the route path by:
superimposing the route path over the preview;
determining that an object is situated between the viewpoint and the route path based on the information included in the digital map;
responsive to determining the object is situated between the viewpoint and the route path, determining a portion of the route path to be occluded by the object; and
displaying the depiction of the route path superimposed over the preview on the mobile device, the displayed route path occluded by the object at the determined portion;
determining that a second location of the mobile device is approaching the destination;
selecting a transportation mode of the mobile device from a set of different transportation modes including a driving mode and a walking mode;
generating either a street-level view of a parking entrance of the destination or a street-level view of a front of a building of the destination based on the selection; and
supplementing the displayed route path superimposed with the preview with the generated street-level view.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein responsive to the selected transportation mode being the driving mode, generating the street-level view of the parking entrance of the destination.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein responsive the selected transportation mode being the walking mode, generating the street-level view of the front of the building of the destination.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the route path comprises a turn from a first street to a second street and wherein generating the depiction of the route path further comprises:
responsive to determining that the first location of the viewpoint approaches the turn, displaying a street name of the second street with a first depiction of the street name.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein generating the depiction of the route path further comprises:
displaying a second depiction of the street name of the second street that is distinct from the first depiction of the street name.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:
accessing a digital map, the digital map representing locations and including information about the represented locations, the information further including a scene depiction and geometry associated with the scene depiction;
determining a first location of a viewpoint based on a location input received from a mobile device;
generating a preview depicting a scene from a perspective of the first location of the viewpoint according to the digital map;
determining a route path between a starting point and a destination; and
generating a depiction of the route path by superimposing the route path over the preview;
determining that a second location of the mobile device is approaching a predetermined location along the route path;
determining that an object of varying thickness is situated between a viewpoint of the second location and the route path based on the information included in the digital map;
responsive to determining the object is situated between the viewpoint of the second location and the route path, determining a portion of the route path to be occluded by the object;
generating a street-level view depicting a photograph of the predetermined location from a perspective of the second location of the mobile device; and
supplementing the displayed route path superimposed with the preview with the street-level view that depicts the photograph of the predetermined location from the perspective of the second location of the mobile device, the street-level view including the route path occluded by the object at the determined portion, the occlusion varying according to the varying thickness of the object.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the computer-executable instructions are further configured to cause the computing system to perform:
determining a transportation mode of the mobile device; and
providing the route path and the street-level view based on the transportation mode.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined location is the destination, the transportation mode comprises a driving mode, and the street-level view comprises a parking entrance.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined location is the destination, the transportation mode comprises a walking mode, and the street-level view comprises a building entrance.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the route path comprises a turn from a first street to a second street and wherein generating the depiction of the route path further comprises:
responsive to determining that the location of the viewpoint approaches the turn, displaying a street name of the second street with a depiction of the second street.