A system and method generates and recommends a short and pleasant path between a source s and destination d in a geo-location such as a city or city center. The routes are not only short but emotionally pleasant, offering an engaging user experience, going beyond just showing paths on a map.

Systems and methods for adjusting a display size of a map overlay. A mapping application generates for display a virtual map in an overlay area that does not obstruct important portions of displayed content. As the mapping application receives location information, the mapping application adjusts the size of the virtual map overlay such that relevant landmarks are shown on the virtual map and important portions of the displayed content are not obstructed.

Techniques for notifying a driver of locations at which the driver can stop to comply with hours of service (HOS) rules are provided. In some examples, a navigation application compares the amount of time a driver has driven a vehicle to HOS rules to determine the remaining time the driver may drive before violating the rules, and identifies potential rest stops reachable within the remaining time and displays the rest stops to the driver. In some examples, the navigation application predicts an amount of time it will take a driver to drive a generated route and compares the predicted time to HOS rules to determine a number or frequency of rest stops needed for the driver to comply. Based on the number or frequency of rest stops, the navigation application identifies potential rest stops near the route and displays the rest stops to the driver without altering the route.

Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which an executable program is recorded, the program causing a processor of a computer to execute: extracting target facilities located on a route to a destination; and outputting, to a display, a target facility that allows use of a settlement method selected by user's input from among the extracted target facilities.

An information management apparatus acquires location information of one or more vehicles having electric power of only a first battery as a power source and a remaining level of the electric power of the first battery, acquires information of a surplus power accumulated in a second battery that is installed in each of a plurality of facilities and is capable of supplying electric power to devices installed in the facility and location information of the facility, and provides the location information of the facility to the vehicle in a case in which the remaining level of the electric power of the first battery is equal to or lower than a first threshold, the facility being in which the second battery of which the surplus power is equal to or higher than a second threshold is disposed and being present within a predetermined distance from a vehicle.

Described is a travel-based geo-paired information system. The system includes a server having a memory storing geo-paired information that includes content regarding or related to a point of interest. The system also includes a user computing device coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to receive location information from the user computing device. The server may also be programmed to automatically process the location information and determine whether a location of the user computing device is within a predetermined distance from a point of interest geolocation. Then the server may automatically find and retrieve geo-paired information corresponding to or paired to the point of interest geolocation and automatically deliver to the user computing device, for presenting, the content related to the point of interest corresponding to the location of the user computing device.

A system determines a set of POIs that are visible from a location. The system stores a visibility map for each POI. A visibility map includes data about locations or regions from which the associated POI is visible. The data may include information about how visible the POI is from different locations. The system divides a region into road bins (e.g., geofences a route passes through). Each road bin is associated with a set of POIs that are visible from locations within the road bin. When the system receives a request from a user device for information about visible POIs, the system determines a road bin that corresponds to the location of the user device, identifies POIs associated with the road bin, and transmits information about the set of POIs to the user device.

Disclosed is a method for providing geographic information and analysis information for each user using a universal map, which includes: a map information receiving step of requesting authentication to a universal map server storing map information including one of a map image and guide information by transmitting user authentication information except socially disadvantaged type information, to receive map information from the universal map server; a guide information extraction step of extracting guide information, as guide information for providing the geographic information on the map image to the user terminal from the received map information, corresponding to the socially disadvantaged type information of the user among the user account information from a data model database; and a geographic information providing step of providing geographic information customized according to the user, by outputting geographic information reflecting attribute information of spatial objects to the user terminal based on the extracted guide information.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method comprises: receiving a request for a route for a user between an origin and a destination; identifying a route for the user between the origin and the destination using a user-subjective-navigational-marker-perception profile for the user and according to a predetermined suitability criterion, wherein the user-subjective-navigational-marker-perception profile comprises data about the user's subjective perception of navigational markers, and wherein the identified route includes navigational markers along the route which are flagged based on the user-subjective-navigational-marker-perception profile; and providing the identified route for user navigation.

Various methods and apparatuses are provided to determine an occurrence of a first user indication and determine a plurality of Points of Interest (POI) corresponding to the first user indication, and to determine an occurrence of a second user indication and responsively determine a narrowed POI from the plurality of POIs. An action corresponding to the narrowed POI and the first and/or second user indication is determined and effected.