Method of organizing map data for affinity relationships and application for use thereof

An affinity relationship index and a method for using it are disclosed. The affinity relationship index captures, for any given place name, an affinity to one or more potentially more important place names. Each such more important place subtends an affinity domain within which other places are deem...

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Main Authors FRIEDERICH, MATTHEW, KHAN, M. SALAHUDDIN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 18.07.2012
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
SURVEYING
TESTING
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Summary:An affinity relationship index and a method for using it are disclosed. The affinity relationship index captures, for any given place name, an affinity to one or more potentially more important place names. Each such more important place subtends an affinity domain within which other places are deemed to lie. The index carries this on hierarchically and has the effect of creating a relatively meaningful and minimized structure that can be rapidly searched for a user's intended destination. An application uses these affinity domains to determine the instructions necessary to embark upon a guided journey rather than determining all instructions needed to complete the journey.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060250931