Patents Assigned to Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20110231453
    Abstract: A geospatial decision management system (GDMS) can save the overall state of a user's experience at one point in time within a GDMS session so that the user can restore the overall state at a later time, such as by restoring a geospatial browser view (e.g., camera settings for rending the map on the display screen, layer state information, map location) and restoring the states of one or more instances of geospatially-referenced tools that were active at the time of the state save. Upon restore, the browser and tools are initialized with their saved states so that the user is presented with the same functionality, data, and browser view that were displayed and accessible at the time of the state save. Saved states are transportable and can also be sequenced and animated to allow presentation of a slide show of individual GDMS views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Carla Johnson, Warren Christopher Wonders, John Richard Roth, Russell David Huff, Brian Lee Myller
  • Patent number: 7853988
    Abstract: A geospatial decision management system (GDMS) can save the overall state of a user's experience at one point in time within a GDMS session so that the user can restore the overall state at a later time, such as by restoring a geospatial browser view (e.g., camera settings for rending the map on the display screen, layer state information, map location) and restoring the states of one or more instances of geospatially-referenced tools that were active at the time of the state save. Upon restore, the browser and tools are initialized with their saved states so that the user is presented with the same functionality, data, and browser view that were displayed and accessible at the time of the state save. Saved states are transportable and can also be sequenced and animated to allow presentation of a slide show of individual GDMS views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Carla Johnson, Warren Christopher Wonders, John Richard Roth, Russell David Huff, Brian Lee Myller
  • Publication number: 20100017855
    Abstract: A geospatial decision management system (GDMS) can save the overall state of a user's experience at one point in time within a GDMS session so that the user can restore the overall state at a later time, such as by restoring a geospatial browser view (e.g., camera settings for rending the map on the display screen, layer state information, map location) and restoring the states of one or more instances of geospatially-referenced tools that were active at the time of the state save. Upon restore, the browser and tools are initialized with their saved states so that the user is presented with the same functionality, data, and browser view that were displayed and accessible at the time of the state save. Saved states are transportable and can also be sequenced and animated to allow presentation of a slide show of individual GDMS views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Carla Johnson, Warren Christopher Wonders, John Richard Roth, Russell David Huff, Brian Lee Myller
  • Publication number: 20080307498
    Abstract: A number of geospatial attributes or parameters associated with GIS data are used to filter requests for geo-visualization of the data and to determine whether the request is subject to a restriction. Access to GIS data may be controlled for a variety of reasons including security concerns, proprietary concerns, or merely to generate revenue for a particular data source. In an open or public platform, contributors of GIS data accessible for geo-visualization may place limits or restrictions on the availability of or accessibility of the GIS data. The contributor may tag or otherwise encode an entire dataset or portions of the dataset with restriction instructions associated with one or more geospatial attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Carla Johnson, Brian Myller, John Roth, Russell Huff, Paul Sellards, Cedar Cox