System and method of representing route information

摘要

A route comprises interconnected road segments that can be traveled to get from a location to a destination. Previously, routes are represented by display of the spatial arrangement of such road segments (e.g., a map). Here, a route is depicted as a linear shape, and portions of the linear shape represent portions of the route, regardless of their spatial arrangement. A scale is applied between a characteristic of the route and the linear shape. Information elements can be depicted at points on the linear shape that correspond, based on the scale, to locations on the route where such information applies. Portions of the linear shape can be colored or cross-hatched according to traffic congestion conditions. Incident reports can be represented by indicators along the linear shape. Alternate routes (detours) can be represented by respective separate linear shapes; lead lines can connect such linear shapes to points of the route linear shape where each such detour would be taken.

主权项

1. A method implemented on a computerized device, comprising:
representing a non-linear route, comprising a sequence of segments, for traveling from a location to a destination, on a display as a substantially straight linear shape extending between a location end and a destination end; attributing a scaling factor between a characteristic of the route and a length of the linear shape with different scaled portions of the linear representation pertaining to the different travel segments of the route; and depicting an informational element pertaining to a point along the route relative to a point along the linear shape corresponding, based on the scaling factor, to the informational element.