A method including receiving a spatial query on spatial data. The spatial query has a spatial query extent including a sub-portion of the spatial data. A projection type is selected for the spatial query. A framebuffer is created for the selected projection type. Vertex buffers are established to hold a geometry of the selected projection type. The vertex buffers are passed from a CPU to a GPU. A spatial geometry of the spatial query extent is rendered into the framebuffer by projecting feature vertex data for features that fall at least partly within the spatial query extent into the vertex buffers. Rendering generates rendered framebuffer pixel values. Pixel values of the rendered framebuffer are retrieved as bytes on the CPU. A spatial query result is processed that includes or uses the pixel values.

A method including receiving a spatial query on spatial data. The spatial query has a spatial query extent including a sub-portion of the spatial data. A projection type is selected for the spatial query. A framebuffer is created for the selected projection type. Vertex buffers are established to hold a geometry of the selected projection type. The vertex buffers are passed from a CPU to a GPU. A spatial geometry of the spatial query extent is rendered into the framebuffer by projecting feature vertex data for features that fall at least partly within the spatial query extent into the vertex buffers. Rendering generates rendered framebuffer pixel values. Pixel values of the rendered framebuffer are retrieved as bytes on the CPU. A spatial query result is processed that includes or uses the pixel values.

Representational state transfer (REST) based geo-aware content transfer includes a REST server configured for receiving an application programming interface (API) request from a client device. The REST server obtains a upload universal resource locator (URL) targeting a caching server that is geographically closest to the client device, constructs an upload link containing the upload URL and a completion callback, and sends the upload link to the client device. The client device uses the upload URL to upload content to the caching server. The caching server interprets the completion callback to obtain a completion URL and, upon completion of content uploading, makes a REST API call using the completion URL. Responsive to the REST API call, the REST server executes an inbound operation to complete the uploading to a content management system and returns the content URL to the caching server which sends the content URL to the client device.

Representational state transfer (REST) based geo-aware content transfer includes a REST server configured for receiving an application programming interface (API) request from a client device. The REST server obtains a upload universal resource locator (URL) targeting a caching server that is geographically closest to the client device, constructs an upload link containing the upload URL and a completion callback, and sends the upload link to the client device. The client device uses the upload URL to upload content to the caching server. The caching server interprets the completion callback to obtain a completion URL and, upon completion of content uploading, makes a REST API call using the completion URL. Responsive to the REST API call, the REST server executes an inbound operation to complete the uploading to a content management system and returns the content URL to the caching server which sends the content URL to the client device.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indicating location status. A computing device can receive a query from a user device, a current time, and a location for the user device. The computing device identifies results responsive to the query, including one or more business results that are each associated with a business location and operating hours. The computing device can select a subset of the business results as open results based on the operating hours of the business results, the current time, and travel times from the device location to the respective business locations. Data can be provided for a search engine results page that designates the subset of the business results as open results.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indicating location status. A computing device can receive a query from a user device, a current time, and a location for the user device. The computing device identifies results responsive to the query, including one or more business results that are each associated with a business location and operating hours. The computing device can select a subset of the business results as open results based on the operating hours of the business results, the current time, and travel times from the device location to the respective business locations. Data can be provided for a search engine results page that designates the subset of the business results as open results.

A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) with multiple geographically anchored icons that are selectable to trigger playback of respective galleries of ephemeral messages. Each of the plurality of location-based ephemeral galleries comprises media content contributed by multiple different users. The ephemeral galleries are compiled based on geotag data associated with respective ephemeral messages submitted by multiple users to be publicly viewable via the map-based GUI. Two or more different types of galleries are represented in the map-based GUI by different, visually distinct types of gallery icon.

A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) with multiple geographically anchored icons that are selectable to trigger playback of respective galleries of ephemeral messages. Each of the plurality of location-based ephemeral galleries comprises media content contributed by multiple different users. The ephemeral galleries are compiled based on geotag data associated with respective ephemeral messages submitted by multiple users to be publicly viewable via the map-based GUI. Two or more different types of galleries are represented in the map-based GUI by different, visually distinct types of gallery icon.

Implementations of various methods and systems for creating and calculating a transportation capacity unit index and trading derivative products based thereon to transact and trade transportation seats or freight or transportation capacity units and resulting financial swap, futures, forwards and option structures in airline transport, subway transport, train transport, automobile transport, autonomous vehicle transport, taxi transport, space transport, package freight transport, tractor trailer freight transport, cargo freight transport, container freight transport, virtual transport, underground transport, ship or sea transport, public transport, private transport or drone transport on a computer, mobile computer device, audio computer device, virtual reality computer device or mixed reality computing device.

The claimed invention delivers location specific content to a webpage based on a location tag data comprising the webpage that constitutes the website's declaration of a geographic location to the content server, such that the content all appear in the same space on the page, without the need for the page to refresh, allowing a user to play multiple games and to read multiple stories in a single session.