| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for facilitating development of computer games including the display of a real world areas such as a road network in the areas. <P>SOLUTION: A system and method are disclosed for facilitating development of computer games that depict or represent actual, real world geographic areas as part of the play scenarios of the games. A source database contains data that represent geographic features in a region including roads in the region. The data in the source database includes attributes suitable for use for providing navigation-related function. In addition to providing data from the source database for navigation-related functions, data from the source database are also provided for the computer game development. An application programming interface, as well as other tools for handling geographic data, is provided for accessing and processing of the geographic data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |
