JP2001022760A - Map information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a real-estate information processing system which can facilitate association with information that an existent information processing system handles and lighten load of information transmission and reception by communication. SOLUTION: A real-estate information processing system 1 is constituted including a server 10 and a terminal 20. The server 10 is equipped with a content DB(database) 13 which manages contents as management information on real-estate properties, a position DB 14 which holds position information on the respective real-estate properties, and a page editing module 15 which edits the contents retrieved by a retrieval module 12 and its position information into page information. The terminal 20 has a map DB 23 and searches the map DB 23 for corresponding map information at an information retrieval request according to the position information included in the page information obtained from the server 10. Consequently, the contents are displayed on a browser picture together with the map information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method of linking management information assigned to a geographical property such as a building or other real estate with map information (image data for representing a map) in which the geographical property exists. The present invention relates to a map information processing technology that enables browsing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a map information processing system in which, for example, an address of a specific area is inputted to display an image of a map corresponding to the address on a display device. This type of map information processing system stores map information as image data displayed on a display device in a database for each region,
A region name, a specific address, or the like can be searched for as a search key. Recently, with the development of communication technology, a network-type map information processing system that provides a user with map information of a specific area and various kinds of provided information related thereto through a communication network has been proposed. In such a system, map information and various kinds of provided information are stored in a database on any server on the network, and the server searches for specific map information or various kinds of provided information in response to a request from a terminal operated by a user. It is usually configured as follows.

[0003]

In a map information processing system that does not use a communication network, map information can be used only in an apparatus provided with a map information database, so that map information and information related thereto can be effectively used. There is a problem that can not be achieved. By using a communication network, the range of use of such information can be expanded, and the above-mentioned problems can be solved. However, as is well known, map information is compared with text data and character data. Due to the relatively large size, if this map information is transferred via a communication network, the time required for communication becomes extremely long, and a new problem arises in that the speed of information transfer is impaired. Also, since the map information stays on the network for a long time, congestion is likely to occur.

On the other hand, in a conventional map information processing system,
There is no viewpoint of coordinating with existing information processing systems that manage information other than map information, but if such information can be linked with map information, more advanced information provision services using map information are possible It becomes something.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for facilitating cooperation with information handled in an existing information processing system. Another object of the present invention is to provide a map information processing system suitable for implementing the above method and its constituent devices. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium suitable for realizing the map information processing system with a general-purpose information processing device.

[0006]

A method provided by the present invention comprises a server holding management information of a geographic property to be managed together with location information of the geographic property and a terminal holding map information. Connecting in a form capable of two-way communication and requesting management information of a required geographic property from the terminal to the server, and in response to the request, the server specifies the corresponding management information and responds to the management information Editing the location information into predetermined page information and transmitting it to the terminal,
The terminal acquires the edited page information, extracts the position information and the management information included in the page information, and superimposes the management information on the map information corresponding to the extracted position information to visualize the information. A map information processing method for executing a step and a step of enabling other information related to the visualized management information to be displayed in a hierarchical manner.

The map information processing system provided by the present invention is a system in which a server and a terminal are connected in a form capable of two-way communication. The server includes a management information holding unit that holds management information of the geographical object to be managed, a position information holding unit that holds the position information of the geographical object, and a management information holding unit that stores the corresponding management information in response to a request from the terminal. A first search unit for searching for the position information corresponding to the management information from the position information holding unit, and an editing unit for editing the searched management information and the position information to predetermined page information. It is provided. On the other hand, the terminal is a map information holding unit that holds the map information, an information requesting unit that requests the server to search for the management information of the geographic property, and obtains the page information transmitted in response to the request. A second search unit for searching for the corresponding map information from the map information holding unit based on the position information included in the page information; and an output for outputting management information included in the acquired page information together with the searched map information. Means.

[0008] The present invention also provides a first information processing device functioning as the terminal and a second information processing device functioning as a server. The first information processing device holds the management information of the geographic property to be managed and the position information of the geographic property, and edits the management information and the corresponding position information into predetermined page information according to a request and transmits the page information. Device that performs two-way communication with a server that performs map information, a map information holding unit that holds map information, and a page information transmitted in response to the request while requesting the server to search for management information of a geographic property. An information requesting means for obtaining the map information, a search means for searching for the corresponding map information from the map information holding means based on the position information included in the obtained page information, and a search for the management information included in the obtained page information. Output means for outputting the map information together with the generated map information.

In order to make it easier to visually grasp the output information, the information processing apparatus is further provided with a symbolizing means for symbolizing the management information and an image processing means for superimposing the symbol on a corresponding position of the map information. Constitute. As a preferred mode of the image processing means, when a specific symbol is selected, management information corresponding to the symbol is output in a hierarchical manner, and a necessary amount of management information is provided in a stepwise manner as necessary. (Hierarchical).

On the other hand, the second information processing device includes a map information holding unit for holding map information, a unit for acquiring predetermined page information including location information of the geographical property and management information of the geographical property, Two-way communication is performed with a terminal having output means for searching map information from the map information holding means based on the included position information and outputting management information included in the page information together with the searched map information. A management information holding means for holding management information of a geographic property to be managed, a position information holding means for holding location information of a geographic property, and managing the corresponding management information in response to a request from a terminal. Searching means for searching from the information holding means and searching for position information corresponding to the management information from the position information holding means; and searching the searched management information and position information for the page. And an editing means for editing the information,
This page information is transmitted to the terminal. The editing means is configured to be able to dynamically change the size of the page information according to the type of terminal, for example.

[0011] In order to solve the above-mentioned other problems, the present invention provides:
The first for causing the information processing device to function as the server
And a second recording medium for causing the information processing apparatus to function as the terminal. The first recording medium is
A computer-readable recording medium in which a program code for causing the information processing apparatus to form the following means is recorded. (1) A server that holds management information of a geographic property to be managed and position information of the geographic property, and edits the management information and the corresponding position information into predetermined page information and transmits the page information in response to a request. A means for bidirectional communication between (2) map information holding means for holding map information; (3) means for requesting the server to search for management information of geographic properties and obtaining page information transmitted in response to the request; Means for searching corresponding map information from the map information holding means based on the position information included in the page information; and (5) means for outputting management information included in the acquired page information together with the searched map information.

The second recording medium is a computer-readable recording medium in which a program code for causing the information processing apparatus to form the following means is recorded. (1) map information holding means for holding map information, means for obtaining predetermined page information including location information of a geographic property and management information of the geographic property, and map information based on the location information included in the page information. Means for performing bi-directional communication with a terminal having output means for searching out the map information holding means and outputting management information included in the page information together with the searched out map information; Management information holding means for holding management information of
(3) location information holding means for holding the location information of the geographical property; (4) searching for the corresponding management information from the management information holding means in response to a request from the terminal, and obtaining the location information corresponding to the management information. Search means for searching from the position information holding means; (5) means for editing the searched management information and position information into the page information, and transmitting the page information to the terminal.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a real estate information management system that can be used in the brokerage business of renting / selling real estate properties will be described.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a real estate information management system to which the present invention is applied. This real estate management system 1 includes a server 10 and a terminal 20 connected to the Internet L which is an example of a communication network. The server 10 uses TCP / IP (Transmis
This is an information processing device having a function of communicating with the terminal 20 according to the I / O Control (Ssion Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).
/ F) 11, search module 12, content DB (D
B is an abbreviation of a database system, the same applies hereinafter) 13, a position DB 14, and a page information editing module 15.

The I / F 11 provides a user operating the terminal 20 with an interface image of a WWW (World Wide Web) service and receives an information search request from the user.

The content DB 13 includes a type of rental / sale of a real estate, which is an example of a geographic property, photographic data showing the appearance of the real estate, floor plan data, an address of the real estate, a use division structure, a nearest station, It stores management information (hereinafter, “contents”) such as usage status (office and apartment house, etc.) and memos (middle and high-rise offices, commercial areas with many apartments, etc.). These contents are
It can be changed dynamically by a system administrator or a person with equivalent authority.

The position DB 14 holds data or a set of data stored in the content DB 13 and position information associated therewith, including their correspondence. The position information is absolute position information associated with a real estate property, for example, information representing latitude and longitude. This position information is usually set by the administrator of the content DB 12. For example, when creating a page that introduces a real estate property, the manager stores the latitude and longitude information of the place where the real estate property exists in the position DB 13 in a form associated with the page. Alternatively, when an address is described in the text in the page, the information on the latitude and longitude corresponding to the address is stored in the position DB 13.
As a result, the correspondence information between the real estate as data and the real estate in the real world is described in the position DB 13.

The search module 14 searches for the corresponding content from the content DB 12 in response to a request from the terminal 20, and also searches for the position information corresponding to the content from the position DB 13. The page information editing module 15 converts the content and position information into HTML.
(Hyper Text Markup Language). At the time of editing, the structure and size of the page information or the arrangement contents are dynamically changed according to the type of the terminal 20. That is, the terminal 20
If is a personal computer, edit full-size page information, and if the terminal has a limited display capability (such as a portable wireless terminal), edit page information in which characters and the like are simplified. Whether or not the display capability of the terminal 20 is limited is identified by the terminal identification information transmitted from the terminal 20 at the time of the information search request.

On the other hand, the terminal 20 is an information processing device with a display device having a function of communicating with the server 10 according to TCP / IP, and is formed by reading and executing a predetermined program code by its CPU. Interface unit (I / F) 21, map search module 22,
It has a map DB 23, a position DB 24, an image editing unit 25, an image processing unit 26, and a viewer 27.

The map DB 23 holds map information indicating the geography where the real estate is located. Map information is
As a more general form, a database is prepared in advance, but this is not always necessary. For example, the data itself is a CD-R
The data may be recorded in the OM and read out at any time through a CD-ROM drive. Also, a table of paths to an existing system that can search for map information as needed may be used.

The position DB 24 stores the history of the position information transmitted from the server 10, but may be omitted when importance is placed on portability.

The I / F 21 requests the server 10 to search for information on a desired real estate property, and forms a browser screen on the display device for acquiring page information transmitted in response to the request. . At the time of the information search request, in addition to the required search key, the identification information of the own terminal including the information return destination is transmitted. This I / F 21 may be general-purpose web page browser software, for example, “Internet Explorer” provided by Microsoft Corporation can be used.

The map search module 22 separates and extracts the position information and the content from the page information acquired from the server 10, and based on the extracted position information, a map DB 23
From the corresponding map information. When searching map information from an existing system, the map search module 22 can use the information of the system.

The image editing unit 25 edits the searched map information and the extracted content into format data for display. The image processing unit 26 has a function of converting the extracted content into a symbol, And a function of superimposing the symbol on a corresponding position of the searched map information. Here, "symbolization" refers to indirectly expressing the content of a content by a graphic. in this case,
The content of the content may be expressed only by the symbol, or the content and the symbol may be displayed simultaneously. Examples of the symbol include a graphic simply representing the content of the content, for example, a pseudo graphic for an apartment or a detached house, or a graphic of a different size or color.

The viewer 27 is information browsing software that operates on the I / F 21, and displays content included in page information on a browser screen together with map information. As the viewer 27, for example, an “electronic atlas” provided by Zenrin Co., Ltd. or the like can be used.

Next, the usage of the real estate information management system 1 configured as described above will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the procedure for acquiring information.
Referring to this figure, first, the user operates the I / F of the terminal 20.
21 (browser), the server 10 is requested to search for information on real estate properties (T10
1). At the time of this request, destination information including the identification information of the terminal 20 and a search key, for example, an area name where (desired) the desired information exists are added.

In response to a request from the terminal 20, the server 10 specifies the contents representing the contents of the real estate and the position information of the real estate (S101), searches them, and edits the HTML page information. After that (embedding in the page information), this is returned to the terminal 20 (S10
2). When there are a plurality of applicable real estate properties, a list is sent back to the terminal 20, the user selects a specific property from the list, and the content of the selected real estate property and its location information are returned.

The terminal 20 receiving the page information sets the I / O
F21 separates and extracts the content and its position information (T
102) The map search module 22 searches the map DB 25 for map information corresponding to the position information (T10).
3). The image editing unit 25 edits the content and the searched map information according to the size of the browser screen,
These are displayed on the browser screen (T104). If necessary, an appropriate symbol is mapped (superimposed) at a corresponding position on the map.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the screen displayed in this manner. In the figure, the left part is a part showing a schematic positional relationship based on the position information, the right part is a part displaying the detailed contents of the map information including the target real estate, and the center part is a part displaying the contents. These display layouts are determined by the image editing unit 25 and the image processing unit 26. In the example shown in the figure, a plurality of symbols (flags) representing apartments are mapped on the map on the right, and when a specific symbol (flag) is clicked with a pointing device, the symbol (flag) is displayed in the center. The corresponding content is displayed.

The received position information is stored in the position D if necessary.
It is stored in B24 (T105). As a result, the content of the location DB 24 is eventually changed to the location D in the server 10.
It becomes a subset of B13, and it becomes possible to visually grasp the history of the information search request to the server 10 and its reply. In addition, the content once received can be displayed on the browser screen at any time without making an information search request to the server 10 again.

As described above, in the real estate management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the contents related to the real estate property managed by the server 10 and the position information indicating the position thereof and the terminal 2
Since the map DB managed on the 0 side is linked using a communication network, it is possible to provide advanced services related to the management of real estate properties by effectively utilizing the map information. Further, in this embodiment, since various information can be linked using the position information as a key, if there is an existing search system or DB, they can be organically linked and used.

On the communication path between the server 10 and the terminal 20, only the information search request and the corresponding content and position information are transferred, so that the data size is smaller than when the corresponding map information is transferred. It becomes much smaller and the load for communication is reduced. In addition, congestion on the communication path is less likely to occur.

Each function block 11 to 15 in the server 10 and each function block 21 to 2 in the terminal 20
7 is generally recorded on a disk device readable by the CPU of the server 10 or the terminal 20, but is stored in a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD. The information may be recorded in a readable form and may be appropriately installed in the disk device. Each of the functional blocks 11 to 15 and 21 to 27 described above is formed only by a program code recorded on a disk device or a portable recording medium, and also includes an operating system mounted on the server 10 and the terminal 20 and other components. May be formed by cooperative processing with the application program.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, an example has been described in which the content of the content can be represented by a symbol in the image processing unit 26. However, a more detailed position of the additional information is associated with the symbol. The information managed by the server 10 and the information existing in other web servers can be referred to from the terminal 20 from the symbols on the map.

In this case, the position information in the position DB 14 of the server 10 is defined in more detail, and this is managed as table data. FIG. 4 is a chart showing an example of the table data in this case. Each column of the illustrated table data is composed of a number (No.) field, a position information field, a symbol information field, and a file position identification information field. The “position information shield” is the position information of the symbol in the map information, and the “symbol information field” is the information of the symbol that can be identified by the image processing unit 26. For example, on the viewer 27, if a certain real estate is a dedicated property, a red symbol, a temporary contracted property is a blue symbol, a new building is a yellow symbol, and a past contracted property is a green symbol. Suppose you want to display Also, suppose you want to display large properties with □, medium-size properties with △, and small properties with ○. In these cases, the dedicated property is “1”, the provisionally contracted property is “2”, the newly built property is “3”, the past contracted property is “4”, the large property is “A”, the medium-sized property is “B”, The property is coded and held as “C”. These codes can be combined. If the property is a dedicated property and a large property, it is coded and held as “1A”. The “file location specifying information field” is information indicating the location of the content file on the communication network, specifically, URL (Un
iversal Resource Locator) information.

The operation of the real estate information management system 1 in this case is as follows. When the server 10 receives the information search request from the terminal 20, the procedure until the server 10 returns the corresponding content and the page information in which the position information is embedded to the terminal 20 is the same as that of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, when returning the position information, the contents of the table data corresponding to the position information are embedded in the HTML page information and transmitted. For example, when the position information is information corresponding to the table number “No. 1”,
Declaring that the data is within the table number, H
It is embedded in the TML page information and transmitted.

The terminal 20 receiving the page information interprets the table data embedded in the page information and displays the information in a corresponding expression form. For example, if the data in the symbol information field of the table data is “1A”, the terminal 20 maps a symbol indicating that the property is a dedicated property and a large property to a corresponding position on the map. If there are a plurality of corresponding contents, a plurality of symbols are mapped on the map.

A certain symbol mapped on the map,
That is, a user who wants to view a floor plan of a real estate property, for example, moves the cursor to the symbol and clicks the pointing device. In this case, the terminal 20
Then, the relevant information is acquired and displayed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

That is, a coordinate input via the map is accepted from the click position (S201), and it is determined whether or not URL information is registered in the position information corresponding to the coordinates (step S202). Whether it is registered or not is determined from the contents of the received table data. If it is registered, the URL information is extracted from the file position specifying information field of the table data, and the server specified by the URL information is requested to search for the content (S202: Yes, S203). The server requested to search returns the corresponding content to the terminal 20.

The terminal 20 receiving this page information,
Display the floor plan on the browser screen (S204: Ye
s, S205). FIGS. 5 and 6 show an example of the browser screen displayed in this manner.

As described above, by utilizing the table data, the user can hierarchically grasp the contents of the real estate related to the symbols on the map within the limited area of the browser screen. By clicking on the floor plan, it is also possible to enlarge and display the room, entrance, and guide version information in more detail.

As described above, the real estate information processing system 1 of the first and second embodiments can cooperate with an existing DB system and the like using the position information and the above-mentioned table data. An output means that immediately transmits necessary contents and map information to necessary users by cooperating with an existing FAX or a separately provided FAX server in place of or together with the display device. It is also possible to configure as.

That is, the user notifies the FAX server of his / her FAX number instead of the terminal address, or requests the information search by notifying the server administrator of the FAX number by telephone. Thus, it is possible to obtain information on a real estate property, such as property detail information / neighboring land price information / neighborhood living information, on a visual basis while staying at home.

In addition, the owner of a real estate property can be consulted for proper rent setting with reference to information on neighboring properties registered in the present system, so that establishment of an early contract is enhanced. It can be used as a tool.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment in which information on real estate is utilized, the present invention is not limited to each of the above-described embodiments, but includes map information and other geographical information. It can be applied to any system associating it with important information.

For example, the present invention can be applied to a tourist information management system. In this case, the content DB of the server contains information on hotels and tourist attractions (temple and shrine, historic sites), their video data, the nearest station, souvenir shop,
Management information such as business hours will be held. Also,
The position DB will hold the position information corresponding to those contents. This allows the user to search the sightseeing spot by designating appropriate conditions to the server, and to check the geographical position on the map from the contents of the sightseeing spot. It is also possible to retrieve the latest tourist information related to the symbol on the map from the server.

Further, by linking this sightseeing information processing system with a FAX server of an information posting company (for example, a travel company), when a user makes an inquiry to a business office by telephone, the user can stay sightseeing while staying at home or office. Information can be obtained on a visual basis.

Further, in the second embodiment, the comment information field can be included in the table data to which the additional information is added. The comment information field is composed of character comment data on the real estate, and is, for example, character information of nearby land price information. As a result, the viewer 27 can additionally map a character comment beside the symbol mapped on the map. However, if the text comments are always displayed, the map may be difficult to see. Therefore, the text comments may be displayed by the user's operation (for example, the cursor is moved to a symbol).

[0049]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is easy to cooperate with information handled in an existing information processing system and to reduce the load when a communication network is used. , A new map information processing system can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a real estate map information processing system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for acquiring information according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of information acquired according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of table data used in a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for acquiring information according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of information acquired according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of information acquired according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Real Estate Information Processing System 10 Server 11 Server Interface (I / F) 12 Search Module 13 Content DB 14 Server Location DB 15 Page Editing Module 20 Terminal 21 Terminal Interface (I / F) 22 Map Search Module 23 Map DB 24 Terminal position DB 25 Image editing unit 26 Image processing unit 27 Viewer

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A server comprising a server and a terminal connected in a form capable of two-way communication, the server comprising: management information holding means for holding management information of a geographical object to be managed; A first position information retrieval unit that retrieves corresponding management information from the management information retaining unit in response to a request from the terminal and retrieves position information corresponding to the management information from the position information retaining unit. A search unit; and an editing unit that edits the retrieved management information and position information into predetermined page information. The terminal includes: a map information holding unit that holds map information; and the server stores geographic property management information. Information requesting means for requesting a search for the information and acquiring the page information transmitted in response to the request; and the map information holding means based on position information included in the acquired page information. Map information processing, comprising: a second search unit that searches for corresponding map information from a search unit; and an output unit that outputs management information included in the acquired page information together with the searched map information. system. 2. The map information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the management information includes information on management of a real estate property, and the information exists in a form that can be dynamically changed. 3. A server that holds management information of a geographic property to be managed and position information of the geographic property, and edits and transmits the management information and the corresponding position information to predetermined page information according to a request. And a map information holding means for holding map information; and requesting the server to search for management information of the geographic property, and transmitting the page information transmitted in response to the request. Information requesting means for acquiring, searching means for searching corresponding map information from the map information holding means based on position information included in the acquired page information, and management information contained in the acquired page information An information processing apparatus, comprising: output means for outputting together with the searched map information. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: symbolizing means for symbolizing the management information; and image processing means for superimposing the symbol on a corresponding position of the searched map information. . 5. The image processing device according to claim 4, wherein the image processing means is configured to hierarchically output management information corresponding to a specific symbol when the specific symbol is selected. Information processing device. 6. Map information holding means for holding map information,
Means for acquiring predetermined page information including the location information of the geographic property and management information of the geographic property; searching for the map information from the map information holding means based on the location information included in the page information; For performing bidirectional communication with a terminal having an output means for outputting management information included in the information together with the retrieved map information, the management information holding means holding management information of a geographical object to be managed Position information holding means for holding the position information of the geographical property; and searching for the corresponding management information from the management information holding means in response to a request from the terminal, and holding the position information corresponding to the management information. Search means for searching out from the means, and editing means for editing the searched management information and position information into the page information, and sends the page information to the terminal. An information processing device for transmitting. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the editing unit is configured to be able to dynamically change the structure and / or size of the page information according to the type of the terminal. . 8. A terminal which stores management information of a geographic property to be managed together with location information of the geographic property and a terminal which stores map information in a form capable of two-way communication, wherein the terminal Requesting the server for required geographical property management information from the server, and in response to the request, the server identifies the corresponding management information and edits the location information corresponding to the management information into predetermined page information. Transmitting to the terminal, the terminal acquires the edited page information, extracts the position information and management information included in the page information, and corresponds the management information to the extracted position information. Performing a step of superimposing on the map information for visualization and a step of hierarchically displaying other information related to the visualized management information. , The map information processing method. 9. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program code for causing an information processing apparatus to form the following means is recorded. (1) A server that holds management information of a geographic property to be managed and position information of the geographic property, and edits the management information and the corresponding position information into predetermined page information and transmits the page information in response to a request. A means for bidirectional communication between (2) map information holding means for holding map information; (3) means for requesting the server to search for management information of geographic properties and obtaining page information transmitted in response to the request; Means for searching for the corresponding map information from the map information holding means based on the position information included in the page information; and (5) means for outputting management information included in the acquired page information together with the searched map information. 10. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program code for causing an information processing apparatus to form the following means is recorded. (1) map information holding means for holding map information, means for obtaining predetermined page information including location information of a geographic property and management information of the geographic property, and map information based on the location information included in the page information. Means for performing bi-directional communication with a terminal having output means for searching out the map information holding means and outputting management information included in the page information together with the searched out map information; Management information holding means for holding management information of
(3) location information holding means for holding the location information of the geographical property; (4) searching for the corresponding management information from the management information holding means in response to a request from the terminal, and obtaining the location information corresponding to the management information. Search means for searching from the position information holding means; (5) means for editing the searched management information and position information into the page information, and transmitting the page information to the terminal.