METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE MAP SECTION ON A USER INTERFACE OF A CLIENT DEVICE

摘要

A method for providing an interactive map section on a user interface of a client device has the steps of sending a request for a map section; sending a request for information associated with the map section; receiving the map section, the map section forming a map layer; receiving instructions for generating an object layer containing at least one object 5 associated with the requested information; generating the object layer on the client device using the instructions for generating the object layer; receiving instructions for generating a logical layer; generating the logical layer on the client device using the instructions for generating the logical layer; merging the map layer, the object layer and the logical layer on the client device to generate the interactive map section; and displaying the interactive map 10 section on the user interface of the client device. The logical layer contains at least one interactive element.