Processing the Results of Multiple Search Queries in a Mapping Application
Displaying geographic search results incudes receiving, from a server system and in response to a query related to the geographic area, a plurality of search results; providing a digital map of the geographic area via a user interface; displaying the plurality of search results as visual indicators at respective geographic locations on the digital map; and providing a user interface element which, when selected by a user, causes removal from the digital map a portion of the plurality of search results that is not relevant to a certain geographic context.
1 . A method for displaying geographic search results, the method comprising:
receiving, from a server system and in response to a query related to the geographic area, a plurality of search results;
providing a digital map of the geographic area via a user interface;
displaying the plurality of search results as visual indicators at respective geographic locations on the digital map; and
providing a user interface element which, when selected by a user, causes removal from the digital map a portion of the plurality of search results that is not relevant to a certain geographic context.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of search results corresponds to one of a plurality of layers of the digital map; and
the user interface element is associated with providing focus to the one of the plurality of layers.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of search results correspond to an ambiguous query that does not identify a geographic context;
the geographic context corresponds to an unambiguous query; and
the user interface element applies the certain geographic context to the ambiguous query.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic context corresponds to a response to another geographic query.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic context corresponds to a navigation route between a starting position and an ending position.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the user interface element corresponds to the navigation route.
7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein:
each of the plurality of search results corresponds to a respective location within the geographic area,
the portion of the plurality of search results that is not relevant to the certain geographic context corresponds to locations beyond a certain distance of the navigation route.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic context corresponds to user-defined content.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of selections of respective places favorited by the user, to define the user-defined content.
10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving user-defined shapes to define the user-defined content.
11 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing system to perform operations for displaying geographic search results, the operations comprising:
receiving, from a server system and in response to a query related to the geographic area, a plurality of search results;
providing a digital map of the geographic area via a user interface;
displaying the plurality of search results as visual indicators at respective geographic locations on the digital map; and
providing a user interface element which, when selected by a user, causes removal from the digital map a portion of the plurality of search results that is not relevant to a certain geographic context.
12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the plurality of search results corresponds to one of a plurality of layers of the digital map; and
the user interface element is associated with providing focus to the one of the plurality of layers.
13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the plurality of search results correspond to an ambiguous query that does not identify a geographic context;
the geographic context corresponds to an unambiguous query; and
the user interface element applies the certain geographic context to the ambiguous query.
14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the geographic context corresponds to a response to another geographic query.
15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the geographic context corresponds to a navigation route between a starting position and an ending position.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the user interface element corresponds to the navigation route.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:
each of the plurality of search results corresponds to a respective location within the geographic area,
the portion of the plurality of search results that is not relevant to the certain geographic context corresponds to locations beyond a certain distance of the navigation route.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the geographic context corresponds to user-defined content.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , the operations further comprising:
receiving a plurality of selections of respective places favorited by the user, to define the user-defined content.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , the operations further comprising:
receiving user-defined shapes to define the user-defined content.