Improved system and method for use and storage of geographical data on physical media
CA 2219043 C · Owner: Shields Enterprises, Inc. · Inventors: Meek, James A.; Ashby, Richard A.; Bouzide, Paul M.
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An improved method and system for storage of geographic data on physical storage media. The geographic data are stored in a manner that facilitates and enhances use and access of the data by various navigation application functions in navigation systems that use the data. The geographic data includes a parcelization that separates the geographic data into parcels having less than or equal to a maximum parcel size but having at least a desired fill percentage. The parcelization method also provides for a division arrangement that facilitates addressing and identification of the parcels. According to a further aspect thegeographic data includes special nodal entities that are used to collapse …
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- Filed October 24, 1997 and granted February 18, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 2017.
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