[OSGeo-Discuss] About "Interactive Map" patent application by Apple Inc.

[Simon (SPDBA) Greener]

While I am not sure of the features in osgeo software to which Venkatesh refers, most of what appears in the patent application are natural improvements to existing map functionality that is common to any mapping software. I can't see Google letting this through without a fight. I agree with Venkatesh that an objection be lodged.
Simon Greener

On 21 Dec 2013 17:05, Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
>
> Dear All, 
>
> I think the OSGeo should express strong objection to the "Interactive Map" 
> patent filed by Apple on 17 Dec 2012 [1]. The contents of the patent [1] 
> describe features that OSGeo software already provides for over a decade. 
>
> Best 
>
> Venka 
>
> [1] 
> http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28715%2F771.CCLS.+AND+20131219.PD.%29&OS=ccl/715/771+and+pd/12/19/2013&RS=%28CCL/715/771+AND+PD/20131219%29 
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