PROGRESSIVE DISCLOSURE OF INDOOR MAPS

摘要

A digital map of a geographic area is displayed via a user interface, and a 3D representation of a building located in the geographic area is displayed on the digital map. A virtual camera is used to view the digital map, and the location of the virtual camera is changeable in response to user input. The external shell of the 3D representation is made increasingly transparent as a virtual camera approaches the 3D representation of the building to reveal indoor information for the building.

主权项

1. A method in a computing device for providing an intuitive display of a building on a digital map, the method comprising:
displaying a digital map of a geographic area via a user interface of the computing device from a perspective of a virtual camera; displaying, on the digital map, a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a building located in the geographic area, including displaying an external shell of the building; receiving, via the user interface, a request to change a position of the virtual camera to approach the 3D representation of the building; in response to the received request, changing the position of the virtual camera to approach the 3D representation of the building; and as the position of the virtual camera is changed to approach the 3D representation of the building, simultaneously (i) increasing transparency of the external shell of the building to reveal indoor map information drawn within the 3D representation of the building through the partially transparent external shell and (ii) increasing a detail of the indoor map information drawn within the 3D representation of the building.