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
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
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
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