Carla S Johnson

US Patent:

20080307498, Dec 11, 2008

Filed:

Dec 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/965567

Inventors:

Carla Johnson - Boulder CO, US
Brian Myller - Arvada CO, US
John Roth - Boulder CO, US
Russell Huff - Lyons CO, US
Paul Sellards - Littleton CO, US
Cedar Cox - Fredrick CO, US

Assignee:

Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc. - Boulder CO

International Classification:

G06F 21/00

US Classification:

726 3

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. In a public platform, access to data is controlled based upon the geospatial attributes, for example, the geospatial location (coordinates) of a map tile request, scale of a map tile request, resolution of a map tile request, payment for access, the combination of layers requested, or freshness or staleness of data requested.

US Patent:

20100017855, Jan 21, 2010

Filed:

May 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/749720

Inventors:

Carla Johnson - Boulder CO, US
Warren Christopher Wonders - Boulder CO, US
John Richard Roth - Boulder CO, US
Russell David Huff - Lyons CO, US
Brian Lee Myller - Arvada CO, US

Assignee:

Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc. - Boulder CO

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 21/00

US Classification:

726 4, 707102, 7071041, 707E17005

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.

US Patent:

20110231453, Sep 22, 2011

Filed:

Nov 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/956084

Inventors:

Carla Johnson - Boulder CO, US
Warren Christopher Wonders - Boulder CO, US
John Richard Roth - Boulder CO, US
Russell David Huff - Lyons CO, US
Brian Lee Myller - Arvada CO, US

Assignee:

Waterstone Environmental Hydrology & Engineering, Inc. - Boulder CO

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707803, 707E17018

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.