METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF MAP CONTENT TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES

摘要

A system and method are set forth for distributing map content from a server to a communication device by transmitting a request from the communication device to the map server for a maplet index of map data covering a specified area and identified by coordinates for defining the map data, receiving the request at the map serv er and in response transmitting the maplet index to the communication device, wherein the maplet index defines content available the maplet without including all of the data points therein.