AERIAL VIEW, WEB-BASED TRIP PLANNING TECHNIQUES USING GEOTAGGED VIDEO AND IMAGES SYNCD TO A MAP

摘要

The present disclosure describes techniques for aerial view, web-based trip planning using geotagged video and images sync'd to a map. The process includes identifying a target travel area of interest in relation to a map selected by a travel planner, or by selection or search of a desired destination by the travel planner. A selection by a travel planner to a point on the map is then identified and an aerially taken video corresponding to the point on the map is retrieved. After this, a frame in the video, other than the beginning of the video, which has a geotag that is a closest match to the point on the map is identified. In response to this identification, a video player is launched to play the video from the point in the video corresponding to the identified frame. When at a point in time a selection to switch to image mode is identified, an aerially taken geotagged image substantially matching the geotag of that video frame in the video playing at the time of the selection to switch to image mode is retrieved. Thereafter, the travel planner is switched to image mode where the aerially taken geotagged image is displayed.