Altitude Ranking Patent?
Written by Chad on September 29th, 2006Ogle Earth has an interesting post up about a Dutch patent for “Internet search result display method, uses altitude ranking system to link relevance of objects to viewpoint above virtual globe or world map”.
The article explains that the company has developed EarthConnector, described as a technology to allows companies and organizations to plot their databases on Google Earth, Maps and comparable apps. Earthbooker.net is based on it. Erwin is then quoted as saying, “In the Netherlands we have a patent on our technology and there are now patent applications in 120 countries.”
Check Ogle Earth for more details in his post.
