Techniques for server-controlled tiling of location-based information

摘要

Techniques for server-controlled tiling of location-based information are described. An apparatus may comprise a communication component and a tile component. The communication component may be operative to receive a location-based search request from a client application, the location-based search request comprising a geographic area, and to transmit a plurality of tiles to the client application. The tile component may be operative to determine the plurality of tiles as a set of tiles that cover the geographic area, each tile of the plurality of tiles covering a portion of the geographic area and comprising a set of locations. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a location-based request from a client application, the location-based request comprising a geographic area and a search term; mapping the received location-based request to a category of location types; determining a plurality of tiles that cover the geographic area according to the mapped category of location types, each tile of the plurality of tiles specific to a category of location types, covering a portion of the geographic area,. and comprising a set of locations; flagging a first subset of locations in the set of locations as relevant to the search term and a second subset of locations in the set of locations as irrelevant to the search term; and transmitting the plurality of tiles including the first and second subsets of locations to the client application.