Maybe this is old news, but it surprised me.
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Subject: Re: New Google Mapping PatentBruce (and lists), Thanks for the notice on this raft of Google map-related patents, which EGIP members might wish to see at http://searchengineland.com/070102-064435.php According to Search Engine Land, the digital mapping patent already awarded (US Patent 7,158,878) is only one applicaiton in the works. Others include: * Generating and serving tiles in a digital mapping system <http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050270299%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050270299&RS=DN/20050270299> * Generating, storing, and displaying graphics using sub-pixel bitmaps <http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050270305%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050270305&RS=DN/20050270305> * Visually-oriented driving directions in digital mapping system <http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050288859%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050288859&RS=DN/20050288859> * Method and apparatus for customizing travel directions <http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060064241%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060064241&RS=DN/20060064241> * Secondary map in digital mapping system <http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060139375%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060139375&RS=DN/20060139375> * Combined map scale and measuring tool <http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060206264%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060206264&RS=DN/20060206264> If there is prior art, it will be up to the GIS community, globally, to make this known to anyone who wishes to challenge the patents at some future date. Thanks again. Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mail_discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mail_discuss
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