[OSM-talk] multimap patent

[Andy Robinson]

Has Mulimap's patents been discussed here at some point. Ought we to have a
page on the wiki that summarises what we know about patents that we need to
be careful about. The Navtech curves patent were discussed previously


"The European patent EP0845124B, entitled "Computer System for Identifying
Local Resources and Method Therefor," relates to Multimap.com's technology
for displaying both an image of a map and information data relating to at
least one place of interest on the map to an end user."

.. and in the US:

" A map of the area of a client computer (10) is requested from a map server
(11). Information relating to a place of interest is requested from an
information server (12) by the client computer (10). 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 (12) may contain details of, for example,
hotels, restaurants, shops or the like, associated with the geographical
coordinates of each location. The map server (11) contains map data,
including coordinate data representing the spatial coordinates of at least
one point on the area represented by the map."

Links to the full details are at the bottom of multimaps map page.

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk