[Mapserver-users] multimap.com patent

[William Miles]

Thanks for the replies.

Their US patent abstract description state the following:

"A map of the area of a client computer is requested from a map server.
Information relating to a place of interest is requested from an
information server by the client computer. The information is
superimposed or overlaid on a map image at a position on the map image
corresponding to the location of the place of interest on the map. The
information (or "overlay") server may contain details of, for example,
hotels, restaurants, shops or the like, associated with the geographical
coordinates of each location. The map server contains map data,
including coordinate data representing the spatial coordinates of at
least one point on the area represented by the map."

The complete patent description can be found at
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%276240360%27.WKU.&OS=PN/6240360&RS=PN/6240360

Like Dave wrote, there are many companies in both Europe and the US that
are providing such services.

William