Patents by Inventor Guy Heathcote

Guy Heathcote has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11703352
    Abstract: Aspects described herein provide a computer-implemented method and system for generating topographic map data at different scales. More specifically, the topographic map data is reduced from large scale to small scale, wherein the scale of the vector features is reduced according to their geometry, feature type and attributes. In order to quickly and easily output digital maps at different scales so that a user may quickly zoom in and out of a map, different zoom levels are produced for different scales, each zoom level containing a variable amount of detail according to its scale, with larger scale zoom levels generally containing more detail than small scale zoom levels. Each zoom level is made up of one or more vector tiles representative of a geographic area, wherein the vector tiles may contain one or more vector features that are representative of objects within that geographic area, and other information related to that geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ordnance Survey Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Snowden, Guy Heathcote
  • Publication number: 20210217138
    Abstract: Aspects described herein provide a computer-implemented method and system for generating topographic map data at different scales. More specifically, the topographic map data is reduced from large scale to small scale, wherein the scale of the vector features is reduced according to their geometry, feature type and attributes. In order to quickly and easily output digital maps at different scales so that a user may quickly zoom in and out of a map, different zoom levels are produced for different scales, each zoom level containing a variable amount of detail according to its scale, with larger scale zoom levels generally containing more detail than small scale zoom levels. Each zoom level is made up of one or more vector tiles representative of a geographic area, wherein the vector tiles may contain one or more vector features that are representative of objects within that geographic area, and other information related to that geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Oliver Snowden, Guy Heathcote
  • Patent number: 10991077
    Abstract: Aspects described herein provide a computer-implemented method and system for generating topographic map data at different scales. More specifically, the topographic map data is reduced from large scale to small scale, wherein the scale of the vector features is reduced according to their geometry, feature type and attributes. In order to quickly and easily output digital maps at different scales so that a user may quickly zoom in and out of a map, different zoom levels are produced for different scales, each zoom level containing a variable amount of detail according to its scale, with larger scale zoom levels generally containing more detail than small scale zoom levels. Each zoom level is made up of one or more vector tiles representative of a geographic area, wherein the vector tiles may contain one or more vector features that are representative of objects within that geographic area, and other information related to that geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ordnance Survey Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Snowden, Guy Heathcote
  • Publication number: 20200058099
    Abstract: Aspects described herein provide a computer-implemented method and system for generating topographic map data at different scales. More specifically, the topographic map data is reduced from large scale to small scale, wherein the scale of the vector features is reduced according to their geometry, feature type and attributes. In order to quickly and easily output digital maps at different scales so that a user may quickly zoom in and out of a map, different zoom levels are produced for different scales, each zoom level containing a variable amount of detail according to its scale, with larger scale zoom levels generally containing more detail than small scale zoom levels. Each zoom level is made up of one or more vector tiles representative of a geographic area, wherein the vector tiles may contain one or more vector features that are representative of objects within that geographic area, and other information related to that geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Oliver Snowden, Guy Heathcote