[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: Re: New Google Mapping Patent

[Paul Spencer]

Chris,

One of DM Solutions Group's first products was a tiled map in a web  
environment, that was back in the late 1990s ... it was certainly not  
as dynamic as the ones we see today, but it did load a map by slicing  
it into tiles.  Like Ed, we abandoned it due to technical limitations  
and have only recently come to embrace it again :)

Cheers

Paul

On 9-Jan-07, at 12:23 PM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 02:47:01PM -0200, Paulo Marcondes wrote:
>> 2007/1/9, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>:
>>> Jo Walsh wrote:
>>>>    * Visually-oriented driving directions in digital mapping system
>>>>    * Combined map scale and measuring tool
>>>
>>> I don't know how to comment it. I'm in shock!
>>> It seems there is no way to stop this "crazy" race of patents.
>>>
>>
>> I guess is up to the guys in the US to show prior art, at least they
>> are in a position to file the relevant  docs.
>>
>> Autodesk should be quite aware of that, since they have software  
>> in that
>> niche.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, does not UMN Mapserver predates google on this?
>
> I'm not aware of any web interface which sent requests for batches of
> tiles before Google Maps. The ones I'm aware of now are:
>  * OpenLayers, originally started working on around Where 2.0 1
>  * ka-Map, started around the same time -- after February 2005  
> (patent)
>  * MapGuide, I think, which has tile batch requests
>  * I've heard info about ESRI's new stuff doing the same thing.
>
> So, as far as the first claim of the patent that Google was granted
> ("Digital Mapping Service" or whatever), I'm not aware of anything  
> that
> predates their patent application in Feb 2005. I certainly know  
> that it
> seemed novel to everyone when it came out.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
> Web Developer
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