LANDMARK-BASED ROUTING

Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification...

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Main Authors SCHWARTZ JOSEPH, OFEK EYAL, SWARTZ TANYA LISA, HORVITZ ERIC J, QIAN ZHENYU, ZHUGE YUE, WU XIN, LI JIN, COUCKUYT JEFFREY D, PAULIN ALAN, LOMBARDI STEVE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.12.2008
Subjects
ADVERTISING
APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE
CRYPTOGRAPHY
DIAGRAMS
DISPLAY
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES
GLOBES
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
PLANETARIA
SEALS
SURVEYING
TESTING
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Summary:Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing regarding the utility of a landmark in regards to driving directions. Driving directions can be highly useful if integrated landmarks relate to knowledge possessed by an operator of a vehicle. Landmark based driving direction can be integrated with advertisements that relate to the directions.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070767921