Interactive geospatial map

摘要

An interactive data object map system is disclosed in which large amounts of geographical, geospatial, and other types of data, geodata, objects, features, and/or metadata are efficiently presented to a user on a map interface. The interactive data object map system allows for rapid and deep analysis of various objects, features, and/or metadata by the user. A layer ontology may be displayed to the user. In various embodiments, when the user rolls a selection cursor over an object/feature an outline of the object/feature is displayed. Selection of an object/feature may cause display of metadata associated with that object/feature. The interactive data object map system may automatically generate feature/object lists and/or histograms based on selections made by the user. The user may perform geosearches, generate heatmaps, and/or perform keyword searches, among other actions.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
an electronic data structure configured to store a plurality of features or objects as vector data, wherein each of the features or objects is associated with metadata, and each of the features or objects represents at least one of a road, a terrain, a lake, a river, a vegetation, a utility, a street light, a railroad, a hotel, a motel, a school, a hospital, a building or other structure, a region, a transportation object, an entity, an event, or a document; a non-transitory computer readable medium storing software modules including computer executable instructions; and one or more hardware processors in communication with the electronic data structure and the non-transitory computer readable medium, and configured to execute a user interface module of the software modules in order to:
display an interactive map on an electronic display of the computer system;include on the interactive map one or more features or objects, wherein the features or objects are selectable by a user of the computer system, and wherein the features or objects are accessed from the electronic data structure;in response to a first input from the user selecting a plurality of the included features or objects:
access, from the electronic data structure, metadata associated with respective selected features or objects;determine one or more metadata categories associated with at least one of the accessed metadata; andfor each of the determined metadata categories:
generate one or more histograms including metadata values or value ranges associated with respective selected features or objects, each of the histograms including a visual indicator indicating a quantity of the respective selected plurality of features or objects included on the interactive map having the respective metadata value or value range; anddisplay the one or more histograms on the electronic display;in response to a second input from the user selecting a second one or more features or objects from the one or more histograms:
update the interactive map to display the second one or more features or objects on the display; andhighlight the second one or more features or objects on the interactive map; andin response to a third input from the user selecting a drill-down group of features or objects from the one or more histograms, drill-down on the selected drill-down group of features or objects by:
accessing metadata associated with respective features or objects of the selected drill-down group;determining one or more drill-down metadata categories associated with at least one of the accessed metadata associated with each of the features or objects of the selected drill-down group; andfor each of the determined drill-down metadata categories:
generating one or more drill-down histograms including drill-down metadata values or value ranges associated with respective features or objects of the selected drill-down group, each of the drill-down histograms including a visual indicator indicating a quantity of the respective features or objects of the selected drill-down group having the respective drill-down metadata value or value range; anddisplaying on the interactive map the one or more drill-down histograms.