Method, system, and computer program product for visual disambiguation for directions queries

摘要

Systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces are provided to send a map search request including a start location and a search term to a map server, receive a number of routes, each of the routes describing a route from the start location to one of a number of potential destinations, receive a road style for rendering roads in a map extent encompassing the routes, and simultaneously display the routes based on a multiple route style.

主权项

1. A method of visual disambiguation for directions queries, the method comprising:
obtaining user parameters comprising a start location and a search term; sending by a one or more processors a map search request comprising the start location and the search term to a map server, the start location and the search term being used by the map server to:
identify a plurality of potential destinations that are each within a threshold distance of the start location and associated with the search term; andgenerate a plurality of routes, each of the plurality of routes describing a route from the start location to one of a plurality of potential destinations associated with the search term; receiving by the one or more processors the plurality of routes in response to the map search request; receiving by the one or more processors a road style for rendering roads in a map extent encompassing the plurality of routes; and simultaneously displaying by the one or more processors the plurality of routes on a single route map from the start location to each of the plurality of potential destinations associated with the search term based on a multiple route style that comprises the road style such that the user can select one of the plurality of routes from the simultaneous display; simultaneously displaying by the one or more processors a plurality of end location labels on the single route map with the plurality of routes, each end location label comprising a description of the corresponding potential destination and one or more of a travel time or travel distance for the corresponding route from the start location to that potential destination; and receiving by the one or more processors user selection of one of the plurality of routes based on the simultaneous display of the plurality of routes and the plurality of end location labels, wherein the user selection of one of the plurality of routes is selected from the single route map without having to navigate through multiple screens.