JP2005208434A - Map information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a map information display system which provides guide information of facilities or the like of an autonomous body, enables a user to easily acquire the guide information even of the facilities in other administrative districts, and in which display designs can be changed for each administrative district. <P>SOLUTION: In the map information display system, the guide information is previously classified into predetermined categories and each of all the categories is displayed in an icon. When positional information is acquired from an input area 101 or a screen section 111 for displaying a map, the information to discriminate the administrative district including the position displayed in accordance with the positional information is acquired so as to display the icon representing the category of local information correlated to the information to discriminate the administrative district and the icon representing the category of local information not correlated to the information to discriminate the administrative district in a discriminable manner. Also, display designs are correlated and held by each administrative district. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention acquires a map information display device for acquiring information indicating a position on a map, acquiring information for identifying an administrative division including the position on the map, and displaying regional information of the area of the administrative division About.

  Local governments such as municipalities and special wards have established websites. The homepage provides information about facilities for the local government to provide services to residents, such as sports facilities, libraries, meeting places, etc., along with a map showing their locations (for example, non-patent literature) 1 and 2).

Moreover, the technique which displays the map information containing the position of an advertising target object is known (for example, refer patent document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 2756483 Shibuya Ward, “Shibuya Ward Town Guide”, [online], [Searched on December 30, 2003], Internet <URL: http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/ku/town/town.html> Chiyoda-ku, "Facilities Guide", [online], [Searched on December 30, 2003], Internet <URL: http://www.city.chiyoda.tokyo.jp/sisetu/sisetu.htm>

  At present, local governments provide information about facilities in their respective formats, and due to this difference, there is a problem that it takes time and effort for users to obtain information on the target facilities. .

  In addition, for those who live near the boundaries of administrative divisions, there are facilities of the neighboring administrative divisions and neighboring administrative divisions. However, in order to obtain information about the facilities in your administrative district, even if the facilities are close, you can check the local government website of your administrative district In order to obtain facility information, it is necessary to view the local government homepage in the neighboring administrative district. That is, there is a problem that a great deal of labor is required to obtain and compare the guidance information of the facilities even though the distances between the facilities are short.

  On the other hand, if a facility mark is displayed on a map using a facility provided by each local government as an advertising object, it is possible to easily obtain guidance information for a facility with a different administrative division. However, since a plurality of types of facilities are displayed on the map, there is a problem that it is difficult to see the map and it is difficult to find a target facility.

  In addition, depending on the local government or the like corresponding to the administrative division, there is a demand to differentiate and personalize the displayed homepage using a display design different from that of other administrative divisions. Developing a system for each administrative division to meet this demand is inefficient in development, and as mentioned above, information on neighboring administrative divisions cannot be easily seen (that is, seamless operation is not possible). I can't). In other words, there is a problem to satisfy the conflicting demands of giving each homepage a personality for each administrative division and ensuring seamless operation.

  The present invention has been conceived to solve such a problem, and provides guidance information on facilities of each local government in a unified manner, and even if the facilities are in different administrative districts, the guidance information can be easily obtained. Another object of the present invention is to provide a map information display device that can easily find a target facility.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a map information display device described below. That is, information indicating the position on the map is acquired, information for identifying the administrative division including the position on the map is acquired, and information for identifying the administrative division and the category of the regional information of the administrative division are obtained. Associatively hold and display all held categories as icons. In the display of the icon, the icon corresponding to the category associated with the acquired regional information of the administrative district is displayed so as to be distinguishable from the category corresponding to the other category.

  This makes it possible to provide guidance information on facilities, etc. in a unified format even if administrative districts are different. For example, in order to obtain guidance information on facilities in another administrative district, it is only necessary to input the position on the map included in the neighboring administrative district, so it is possible to obtain guidance information on facilities in another administrative district seamlessly. it can. In addition, since icons that include regional information and icons that do not exist are displayed separately, the convenience of search is improved. Thereby, a subject is solved.

  In the map information display device according to the present invention, the position on the map may be specified by pointing the displayed map with a pointing device such as a mouse.

  As a result, the position can be easily specified.

  In addition, a plurality of administrative divisions may be displayed on the map displayed by the map information display device according to the present invention.

  Thereby, guidance information on facilities in different administrative districts can be easily obtained.

  Moreover, the map information display device according to the present invention may have a function of selecting a design for displaying regional information.

  This makes it possible to notify the user that the administrative division has changed.

  The map information display device according to the present invention may have a function of managing regional information.

  Thereby, regional information can be kept up-to-date.

  According to the present invention, regional information can be provided in a unified format even if administrative districts are different, and a user can acquire regional information of different administrative districts by a simple operation. In addition, since the display design can be set for each administrative division, it is possible to differentiate the display of the homepage and the like, to make it unique, and to realize seamless operability.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to these forms at all, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist thereof.

(Outline of the present invention)
1, 2, 3 and 4 illustrate the outline of the present invention. These drawings show examples of screen display by the map information display device according to the present invention. The screen display of these figures is displayed on, for example, a terminal device (for example, a personal computer, a digital TV, a mobile phone, etc.) connected to the map information display device according to the present invention via a communication line such as the Internet. The Screen display is performed by interpreting a description in HTML language or the like output from the map information display device on the terminal device side, and operations on the screen of the terminal device (such as mouse clicks) use a mechanism such as CGI. To the map information display device. Of course, one personal computer may operate as a map information display device, and screen displays such as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 may be performed on the display of the personal computer.

  In FIG. 1, the position on the map is input to the input area 101. For example, the page number of a map whose map is shown in a specific map book, the coordinate position of the map, or an address are input. When the input is completed, the display button 102 is pressed.

  When the display button 102 is pressed, the screen portion 111 displays a map including the position on the map input in the input area 101. For example, the display is performed so that the center position of the screen portion 111 is the position on the map input in the input area 101. Note that some map may be displayed on the screen portion 111 from the beginning. For example, a map of the administrative district where the user resides may be displayed.

  In addition, when the display button 102 is pressed, the display from the icon 103 to the icon 110 arranged under the “category” display also changes. These icons are icons for displaying the regional information of the administrative district including the input position on the map. The same icons are displayed even if the positions on the map are different. However, an icon for which regional information exists and an icon for which regional information does not exist are displayed with different appearances. For example, an icon having area information is displayed by being surrounded by a solid line like icons 103 to 108 in FIG. 1, and an icon having no area information is displayed like icons 109 and 110 in FIG. Displayed surrounded by dotted lines. Alternatively, an icon for which no regional information exists may be displayed in an inconspicuous color such as gray. It is desirable that the icon display order be the same even when the screen is switched. Thereby, a screen display with a sense of unity can be provided.

  FIG. 2 illustrates a display screen when an operation such as a click is performed on any of the icons 103 to 110. FIG. 2 is a screen display when an operation is performed on the icon 106 corresponding to the regional information related to “sport facility”. In response to an operation on the icon 106, a screen portion 201 is displayed, and sports facility guidance information is displayed. When an operation such as a click is performed on the portion of the screen portion 201 where “details” is displayed, detailed guidance information on the sports facility is displayed. Further, when an operation such as a click is performed on a portion where “map” is displayed, a map displaying the location of the facility is displayed on the screen. For example, a map centering on the location of the facility is displayed at a position corresponding to the screen portion 111.

  FIG. 3 shows an example in which a map including administrative boundaries is displayed on the screen portion 301. In this case, for example, the central portion of the map displayed on the screen portion 301 is Komura, so the icons arranged under the “category” display are displayed according to the local information of Komura. In other words, since Komura has local information such as “office / branch office”, “nursery school / kindergarten”,..., “Evacuation center”, the corresponding icons are displayed surrounded by solid lines. On the other hand, icons corresponding to “sightseeing spots” and “company information” are surrounded by broken lines and displayed so as to be less conspicuous than other icons. Of course, if you click on the icons displayed as "Office / Branch", "Nursery / Kindergarten", ..., "Evacuation Center", Komura's government office, branch office, nursery school, kindergarten, shelter Such information is displayed as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 4 exemplifies a screen display when an operation such as clicking the Otomachi portion of the map of the screen portion 301 in FIG. 3 with a pointing device such as a mouse. On the screen portion 401, a map centered on the portion of Otomachi is displayed, and the icons arranged under the “category” display also change. That is, in FIG. 3, icons indicating “sightseeing spots” and “company information” which are displayed surrounded by broken lines are displayed surrounded by solid lines. This is because Otomachi has local information on tourist spots and corporate information. Of course, if you click on the icons displayed as “Office / Branch”, “Nursery / Kindergarten”,…, “Evacuation”, Otomachi ’s government office, branch, nursery, kindergarten, evacuation, etc. Information such as location is displayed as shown in FIG.

  Note that the screens illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4 can be described in a language that describes a web page, such as an HTML language. Different screen designs may be defined for each administrative division. In this case, for example, the screen display design of FIG. 3 relating to Komura and the screen display design of FIG. 4 relating to Otomachi may be different, and the character size, character color, character font, background color, background color, etc. The image and the icon image may be different. Further, a banner for an advertisement or the like may be displayed on the screen display. For example, a banner may be displayed at the top of the screen or on the right side of the map. The displayed banner is preferably related to the administrative district, but the type and number of banners may be set for each administrative district. Further, when there is a change in the area information, for example, when information about a new facility is added, a message to that effect may be displayed as new arrival information.

(Embodiment 1)
As Embodiment 1 of the present invention, information indicating a position on a map is acquired, and an icon corresponding to a category of regional information associated with an administrative district including the position and an icon that is not so displayed are identifiable. The map information display device to be described will be described.

(Embodiment 1: Configuration)
FIG. 5 illustrates a functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The map information display device 500 includes a position information acquisition unit 501, an administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502, a category holding unit 503, and a category icon display unit 504.

  The “position information acquisition unit” 501 acquires position information. Here, the “position information” is information indicating a position on the map. Examples of position information include information indicating the coordinate position of a specific map, page number of a specific map book and information indicating the coordinate position of the map displayed on the page, information indicating longitude and latitude, and address display. Information, etc.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen display for the position information acquisition unit 501 to acquire position information. In the screen display 600, a character string indicating position information is input to the input area 601. When a button 602 written "submit" is pressed, the character string input to the input area 601 is acquired as position information. Is input to the unit 501. The components of the screen shown in FIG. 6 correspond to the input area 101 and the display button 102 in FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a map displayed on a map book or the like, in which coordinates can be designated. For example, by specifying “B-2”, the position where the column “B” and the row “2” intersect can be specified. Such “B-2” may be input to the input area 601.

  The position information is not limited to being input as a character string, and various types of information can be considered. For example, a map may be displayed on the screen, and the position of the displayed map may be indicated with a cursor of a pointing device such as a mouse, and an operation such as a click may be performed.

  The “administrative district identification information acquisition unit” 502 acquires administrative district identification information. The “administrative district identification information” is information for identifying an administrative district including the position indicated by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 501. Examples of such information include code information such as the name of the administrative division and the postal code assigned to the post office of the administrative division.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining one method by which the administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502 acquires the administrative division identification information. That is, the table used for the administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502 to acquire the administrative division identification information is illustrated. In the table shown in FIG. 8, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 501 includes the page number of a specific map book, information indicating the coordinate position of the map displayed on the page, and the name of the administrative division. It is associated with certain administrative division identification information. For example, Komura is associated with the position information indicated by A-1 (p.1 A-1) on the first page. That is, A-1 on the first page is shown to belong to Komura. The administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502 acquires the administrative division identification information of the administrative division including the position indicated by the positional information acquired by the positional information acquisition unit 501 by searching the table illustrated in FIG. .

  In the table illustrated in FIG. 8, information indicating the page number of a specific map book and the coordinate position of the map displayed on the page is used, but the map coordinate position displayed on the screen and It is easy for those skilled in the art to associate administrative district identification information.

  Further, the “administrative section” is a section corresponding to a municipality / special ward, for example. Or the division corresponding to a prefecture may be sufficient. However, since it is the municipalities / special wards that provide services closely to the residents rather than the prefectures, it is preferable to use the sections corresponding to the municipalities / special wards as administrative sections in the present invention.

  The “category holding unit” 503 holds the administrative division identification information and the category of the regional information of the region identified by the administrative division identification information in association with each other. “Regional information” is information relating to the region, such as the geographical features of the region, information on facilities in the region, and traffic information. The “region information category” is a classification of region information from a fixed point or a plurality of viewpoints. For example, if the regional information is facility guidance information, it can be classified into categories such as municipal offices, branch offices, sports facilities, educational facilities, cultural facilities, and shelters.

  FIG. 9 shows an aspect in which the category holding unit 503 holds the administrative division identification information and the category of the regional information of the region identified by the administrative division identification information in association with each other. FIG. 9 illustrates a table in which administrative division identification information, regional information, and categories are associated with each other. For example, for Komura, a010. The area information of the file identified by html is prepared, and it is expressed that the area information is classified into the category of government office / branch office. Therefore, by performing a search in the administrative division identification information column of the table illustrated in FIG. 9 and examining the value of the category column, which category of regional information exists for the specific administrative division identification information. Can know.

  The “category icon display unit” 504 displays all the categories held by the category holding unit 503 as icons, and among the displayed icons, the administrative divisions acquired by the administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502 An icon for displaying a category associated with the identification information and an icon for displaying a category not associated with the administrative district identification information acquired by the administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502 are displayed in an identifiable manner. For example, the category icon display unit 504 displays all the values stored in the category column of the table illustrated in FIG. 9 as icons, and displays the category associated with the administrative district identification information at that time. The icon to be displayed is distinguished from the icon to be not. It should be noted that “display” includes not only displaying on the screen but also outputting and transmitting a description in HTML language for display.

  In FIG. 10, regional information categories such as “office / branch office”, “nursery school / kindergarten”, and “tourist spot” are associated with certain administrative division identification information, but “elementary / junior high school”, “sport facility”. , An example of display by the category icon display unit 504 when the category of regional information such as “hospital / clinic” and “company information” is not associated with each other. In FIG. 10, icons are displayed on a screen portion 1001 of the screen 1000, but icons 1002, icons 1003, and icons 1007 corresponding to “office / branch office”, “nursery school / kindergarten”, and “tourist spot” are solid lines. The icons 1004, icons 1005, icons 1006, and icons 1008 corresponding to other “elementary / junior high school”, “sport facility”, “hospital / clinic”, and “company information” are surrounded by broken lines. These two groups of icons are displayed separately. In addition, surrounding with a solid line and surrounding with a broken line are examples of distinguishing and displaying, and as another embodiment, you may make it change a color or a magnitude | size. 10 corresponds to the display of the icon 103 and the like in FIG.

  The icon may be displayed as an image or a character string. Moreover, the icon may be linked with area information. That is, when administrative division identification information and a category of regional information are associated with each other, the regional information may be displayed by clicking an icon for displaying the category. Further, the icons may be displayed in the same order even if the display screen is switched due to another position information input or the like.

  FIG. 11 illustrates a flowchart of the process of the category icon display unit 504. In addition, before performing the process illustrated in the flowchart in FIG. 11, icons for displaying all categories are set in a state not associated with administrative district identification information. In step S1101, the administrative area identification information acquired by the administrative area identification information acquisition unit 502 is searched for the table in FIG. As a result, a search result is obtained. In step S1102, it is determined whether there is a search result. If there is no search result, the process ends. If there is a search result, the process proceeds to step S1103. In step S1103, one search result is extracted. In step S1104, the value of the column of the category of the retrieved search result is viewed, and the display of the icon for displaying the category is changed. That is, the state is associated with the administrative district information identification information. Then, the process proceeds to step S1102.

(Embodiment 1: Flow of processing)
FIG. 12 illustrates a flowchart of the process of the map information display apparatus according to this embodiment. The map information display device repeatedly executes the process of FIG. 12 as necessary.

  In step S1201, the position information acquisition unit 501 acquires position information (position information acquisition step).

  In step S1202, the administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502 acquires administrative district identification information for identifying an administrative district including the position indicated by the positional information acquired in step S1201 (administrative district identification information acquisition step).

  In step S1203, the category icon display unit 504 distinguishes and displays the icon for displaying the category associated with the administrative district identification information and the icon for which it is not (category icon display step).

  The flowchart of FIG. 12 is also a flowchart of the process of the map information display method including the position information acquisition step, the administrative district identification information acquisition step, the category holding step, and the category icon display step. The “category holding step” is a step of associating and holding the administrative district identification information and the category of the regional information of the region identified by the administrative district identification information. Therefore, the map information display device according to the present embodiment is one of devices for using the map information display method. It is also easy to provide a program for realizing the map information display apparatus according to the present embodiment by a computer, or to provide a medium on which such a program is recorded. In this case, the functional block diagram such as FIG. 5 can be interpreted as a module configuration diagram of such a program, and the flowcharts such as FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 can be interpreted as indicating the flow of processing of the program. it can.

(Embodiment 1: Main effects)
According to the present embodiment, icons for displaying all categories of regional information are displayed, so that a screen with a sense of unity can be provided. Therefore, it is possible to provide regional information such as facilities in the same format even if the administrative divisions are different.

(Embodiment 2)
As a second embodiment of the present invention, a map information display device that acquires position information using a displayed map will be described.

(Embodiment 2: Configuration)
FIG. 13 illustrates a functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The map information display device 1300 includes a position information acquisition unit 501, an administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502, a category holding unit 503, a category icon display unit 504, and a map display unit 1301. Reference numeral 501 includes a pointing device acquisition unit 1302. Therefore, in the map information display device according to the present embodiment, the map information display device according to the first embodiment has the map display unit 1301, and the position information acquisition unit of the map information display device according to the first embodiment is a pointing device. It has the structure which has an acquisition means.

  In the present specification, the same reference numerals are assigned to parts and means having the same definition as much as possible. When manufacturing is actually performed, the production may be different even with the same code.

  The “map display unit” 1301 displays a map on the screen. For example, map information held as an image file is displayed on a screen such as a liquid crystal display. An example of this display is, for example, the screen portion 111 of FIG.

  The “pointing device acquisition unit” 1302 acquires position information by designating an arbitrary position of the map displayed by the map display unit 1301 using a pointing device. For example, if the position of the mouse cursor when the click operation is performed with a mouse or the like is acquired and the position is inside the map displayed by the map display unit 1301, the relative coordinate position inside the map is obtained. , Get via coordinate transformation operation and so on.

(Embodiment 2: Processing flow)
FIG. 14 exemplifies a process flowchart of the map information display apparatus according to the present embodiment. The map information display device repeatedly executes the flow illustrated in FIG. 14 as necessary.

  In step S1401, the map display unit 1301 displays a map (map display step).

  Step S1402 and subsequent steps are the same as those in the first embodiment. However, when the position information is acquired in step S1402, the position information may be acquired by a pointing device.

  Further, when the position information is acquired, an operation for displaying a map so that the position information is at the center may be performed.

(Embodiment 2: Main effects)
According to the present embodiment, the position can be designated by the displayed map, so that the position information can be easily input. In addition, after the position information is input by a pointing device or the like, the administrative district to be noticed can be changed by a click operation with a mouse or the like by displaying the map so that the input position information becomes the center of the map. It can be done easily. Moreover, even if the administrative district is changed, a uniform screen display is possible.

(Embodiment 3)
As a third embodiment of the present invention, a map information display device that displays a map including a plurality of administrative districts will be described.

(Embodiment 3: Configuration)
FIG. 15 illustrates a functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The map information display device 1500 includes a position information acquisition unit 501, an administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502, a category holding unit 503, a category icon display unit 504, and a map display unit 1301. Reference numeral 501 denotes a pointing device acquisition unit 1302, and the map display unit 1301 includes a seamless display unit 1501. Therefore, the map display device according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which the map display unit of the map display device according to the second embodiment has a seamless display means.

  “Seamless display means” 1501 is means for displaying a map including a plurality of administrative districts. For example, a button for changing the scale of the map is displayed together with the map, and the map including a plurality of administrative divisions is displayed by changing the scale of the map according to the pressed button. Or you may make it display the map containing another administrative division in another window.

(Embodiment 3: Main effects)
According to the present embodiment, a map including a plurality of administrative divisions can be displayed, and the position of the map can be designated by a pointing device, so that it is easy to acquire regional information of different administrative divisions. It can be done.

(Embodiment 4)
As a fourth embodiment of the present invention, a map information display device capable of scrolling a displayed map will be described.

(Embodiment 4: Configuration)
The configuration of the map information display device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is the same as the configuration of the map information display device according to the third embodiment. However, in the map information display device according to the present embodiment, the seamless display means scrolls from a map portion including any one administrative division to a map portion including another administrative division not included in the map portion. Is possible.

  For example, when displaying the map, the map display unit 1301 displays a scroll bar for scrolling in the vertical direction and / or horizontal direction of the map, and the seamless display means 1501 detects the operation of the scroll bar. Scroll through the map. Alternatively, a button for moving the map display up and down or / and up and down is displayed on the screen, and the seamless display means 1501 detects an operation on the button and scrolls the map. In this case, for example, when the north is on the map and the button for moving upward is pressed, the administrative division next to the administrative division currently displayed on the map is You may make it scroll a map so that it may be displayed.

(Embodiment 4: Flow of processing)
FIG. 16 illustrates a flowchart of processing unique to the present embodiment of the map information display apparatus according to the present embodiment. In step S1601, first, the first map is displayed. For example, a map of the whole country of Japan is displayed, or a map of the administrative division where the user currently resides is displayed. In step S1602, it is determined whether or not to scroll, that is, whether or not a scroll operation has been performed. This determination is made, for example, by receiving an event sent from a window manager or the like and analyzing the contents of the event. If it is determined that scrolling should be performed, the process proceeds to step S1603; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1604.

  In step S1603, the map is scrolled according to the scroll operation. Thereafter, the process returns to step S1602.

  In step S1604, it is determined whether position designation has been performed. If so, for example, the process proceeds to step S1201 in FIG. Otherwise, the process returns to step S1601.

(Embodiment 4: Main effects)
According to this embodiment, since the map can be scrolled, it is possible to easily obtain regional information of other administrative divisions such as the neighboring administrative divisions.

(Embodiment 5)
As a fifth embodiment of the present invention, a map information display device that selects a design of regional information and displays the regional information using the selected design will be described.

(Embodiment 5: Configuration)
FIG. 17 illustrates a functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The map information display device 1700 includes a position information acquisition unit 501, an administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502, a category holding unit 503, a category icon display unit 504, a display design information holding unit 1701, and a display design selection unit 1702. And an area information display unit 1703. The map information display device 1700 may include a map display unit, and the position information acquisition unit 501 may include a pointing device acquisition unit. Further, the map display unit may have seamless display means, and the seamless display means may be capable of scroll display. Therefore, in the map information display device according to this embodiment, any one of the map information display devices according to the first to fourth embodiments is different from the display design information holding unit 1701, the display design selection unit 1702, the region information display unit 1703, It has composition which has.

  The “display design information holding unit” 1701 holds information that defines the display design of the area information. For example, in HTML language, design of HTML file display by designating a style sheet, such as character font, character size, character color, background color, image type to be used, text alignment, etc. can do. Therefore, the display design information holding unit 1701 may hold a style sheet. The “type of image to be used” means, for example, the type of image data used for displaying an image used for a background, an image used for an icon or a button, and the like. The type is specified by a file name or a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the file. “Text alignment” specifies whether to display the text in any of the left alignment, centering, right alignment, and the like. By using a style sheet, it is possible to easily specify and change the design of the screen display.

  Even without using a style sheet, the character font, character size, character color, background color, image type to be used, and text alignment can be individually specified. For example, in the current HTML language specification, the character font, character size, and character color of each character can be specified by a font tag. Therefore, a character font, a character size, and a character part whose character color is to be changed are described in a font tag in a description such as an HTML language for displaying area information, and the character font and character size in the font tag are enclosed. The display design information defines an instruction to appropriately replace the description of the character color. Similarly, display design information defines an instruction to appropriately replace a tag description (eg, IMG tag, P tag, etc.) that specifies the background color, the type of image to be used, and text alignment. For example, a description of <font size = FONTSIZESPEC100> is included in the HTML file, and an instruction “s / FONTSIZESPEC100 / + 2 /” is included in the display design information to replace FONTSIZESPEC100 with, for example, +2. Before displaying the file, FONTSIZESPEC100 is replaced with +2. This replacement may be performed by, for example, a macro preprocessor used in a programming language processing system or an editor such as a stream editor (for example, a so-called “sed” is known) (described above) “S / FONTSIZESPEC100 / + 2 /” is an example of a replacement command in some editors). By specifying the display design of individual texts and images in this way, it is possible to specify and change the design of a finer part.

  Further, although related to the type of image to be used, the display design information may determine the type and / or number of banner advertisements displayed on the screen together with the display of the regional information. For example, when displaying the local information of Komura, display a banner advertisement representing a special product in Komura or the surrounding administrative districts. The display design information specifies that a banner advertisement to be called is displayed. The banner advertisement is an image showing a summary of the content to be advertised, and is usually a rectangular image. A link is set up in the image, and a more detailed explanation of an advertisement or the like can be obtained by clicking the image. In this embodiment, when a screen is displayed, a banner advertisement is selected from a designated type of banner advertisement according to a random or fixed rule, and a URL indicating the banner advertisement (URL of an image file, link destination) is selected. URL) or the like is included in the screen. For example, in the HTML description for displaying the area information, there is a description serving as a mark for placing the description of the banner advertisement, which is appropriately replaced. Marks that cannot be replaced are deleted or commented so as not to affect the screen display. In addition, when the area information is displayed, it may be specified where the banner advertisement is displayed on the screen. For example, designation is made at the top, bottom, or bottom right or top right of the screen. One banner advertisement is displayed. Alternatively, designation of the number such as displaying two may be performed. By displaying the banner advertisement together with the regional information, for example, it is possible to notify a notification from the local government in the administrative district. In addition, it is possible to cover the expenses for the operation of the map information display device by the revenue from advertising expenses for displaying banner advertisements of companies and the like.

  The “display design selection unit” 1702 selects a display design from the display design information holding unit 1701 according to the administrative district identification information acquired by the administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502. For example, a display design is selected according to specific criteria. For example, a display design is selected according to the time zone and season for displaying regional information. Alternatively, as described below, the selection may be performed using a table or the like.

  FIG. 18 illustrates a table used by the display design selection unit 1702 to select a display design from the display design information holding unit 1701 according to the administrative district identification information acquired by the administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502. According to this table, for example, when displaying the local information of Komura, the design 1024 is selected. The character string “design 1024” is specifically the name of a style sheet, for example.

  The “region information display unit” 1703 displays the region information using the display design selected by the display design selection unit 1702. For example, if regional information is displayed in HTML and the display design is a style sheet, <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "style sheet URL" type = "text / css" media = "all Insert "> to display regional information. Alternatively, various tag descriptions are replaced using a macro processor or an editor.

(Embodiment 5: Flow of processing)
FIG. 19 illustrates a flowchart of processing unique to the present embodiment of the map information display apparatus according to the present embodiment. In step S1901, the display design selection unit 1702 selects a display design according to the administrative division identification information acquired by the administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502. In step S1902, the process waits until an operation such as clicking on the icon is performed. In step S1903, the region information display unit 1703 displays the region information using the selected display design.

(Embodiment 5: Main effects)
According to this embodiment, it is possible to display regional information with a different design for each administrative division, and notify the user of changes in the administrative division. It is also possible to produce individuality for each administrative division.

(Embodiment 6)
As a sixth embodiment of the present invention, a map information display device having a function of managing regional information will be described.

(Embodiment 6: Configuration)
FIG. 20 illustrates a functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. The map information display device 2000 includes a position information acquisition unit 501, an administrative division identification information acquisition unit 502, a category holding unit 503, a category icon display unit 504, a region information holding unit 2001, a region information management unit 2002, have. Further, the map information display device 2000 may include a map display unit, and the position information acquisition unit 501 may include a pointing device acquisition unit. Further, the map display unit may have seamless display means, and the seamless display means may be capable of scroll display. Moreover, you may have a display design information holding | maintenance part, a display design selection part, and a regional information display part. Therefore, in the map information display device according to the present embodiment, any one of the map information display devices according to the first to fifth embodiments has a region information holding unit 2001 and a region information management unit 2002. .

  The “region information holding unit” 2001 holds administrative district identification information and region information in association with each other.

  FIG. 21 illustrates a table for the regional information holding unit 2001 to hold administrative district identification information and regional information in association with each other. For example, the administrative division identification information “Komura” includes a010. htm and a011. htm and a100. The area information of the file name htm is associated. If the administrative district identification information and the regional information are stored in association with each other as shown in FIG. 21, the table illustrated in FIG. 9 can be replaced with the table illustrated in FIG. It is possible to know which area information is classified into which category by the table illustrated in FIG. 22, and which area information is associated with which administrative division identification information by the table illustrated in FIG. 21. As a result, it is possible to know which area information is associated with which administrative division identification information and what category of the area information is.

  The “region information management unit” 2002 manages the region information held in the region information holding unit 2001. “Management” is a concept including addition, deletion, update of regional information, association with administrative district identification information, and cancellation of the association.

  In addition, by managing the regional information by the regional information management unit 2002, it may be displayed as “new arrival information” by holding what kind of regional information has been added or changed.

  In addition, the regional information management unit 2002 may be connected to a local government computer corresponding to each administrative division, and from each local government, regional information related to the local government may be managed.

(Embodiment 6: Main effects)
According to the present embodiment, the regional information can be managed, and the regional information can be kept up-to-date.

(Embodiment 7)
As a seventh embodiment of the present invention, a map information display device that holds and outputs a history of management of area information will be described.

(Embodiment 7: Configuration)
FIG. 23 illustrates a functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. The map information display device 2300 includes a position information acquisition unit 501, an administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502, a category holding unit 503, a category icon display unit 504, a region information holding unit 2001, a region information management unit 2002, A management history information holding unit 2301 and an additional change information output unit 2302 are included. Therefore, the map information display device according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which the map information display device according to the sixth embodiment includes the management history information holding unit 2301 and the additional change information output unit 2302.

  The “management history information holding unit” 2301 holds management history information indicating the management history of the region information by the region information management unit 2002. For example, management history information is held in a relational database table. Alternatively, the management history information may be held in a log format in a text file or a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file. In this embodiment, when the regional information is managed by the regional information management unit 2002, the management history information is output from the regional information management unit 2002 and held by the management history information holding unit 2301.

  FIG. 24 shows an example of a table holding management history information. From the left, the date of management, the name of the local government indicating which administrative region's regional information was managed, the file name containing the description of the managed regional information, the management type indicating the type of management, and management It consists of a column that shows the contents of With such a table, for example, on January 11, 2004, Komura's a015. It can be seen that the file html was replaced, and the purpose was that a xx branch office was newly established. The replacement means file deletion and addition. The character string stored in the comment column is, for example, a character string input by the operator or the administrator when management is performed by the area information management unit 2002. Alternatively, it may be a character string that is automatically or semi-automatically generated based on a management operation.

  The “additional update information output unit” 2302 outputs additional change information indicating additional change information indicating addition or / and change of regional information based on the management history information held in the management history information holding unit 2301. For example, the table illustrated in FIG. 24 is scanned regularly or irregularly and is output to a screen or the like.

  Alternatively, the management history for the regional information of the administrative district acquired by the administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502 is searched, and the searched management history information is output and displayed together with the regional information, or a map is displayed as in the second embodiment. When it is done, it may be displayed together with the map. In this case, the latest administrative district acquired by the administrative district identification information acquisition unit 502 may be obtained by searching the management history.

  FIG. 25 shows an example of management history information displayed together with area information. By performing such display (for example, displaying on the right side of the area information), the user of the map information display device 2300 can easily confirm that the XX branch office was newly established on January 11, 2004. I can know.

  The management history information exemplified in FIG. 25 may be output and displayed together with the display of the area information, or may be output and displayed together with the display of the icon by the category icon display unit.

(Embodiment 7: Main effects)
According to the present embodiment, for example, the degree of update of the regional information can be shown to the user, which can contribute to the user's benefit.

  The map information display device according to the present invention can provide regional information in a unified format even if the administrative divisions are different, and the user can acquire regional information of different administrative divisions with a simple operation. In addition, it is possible to set the display design for each administrative division, so that the display on the map can be differentiated, individualized and seamless operability can be realized. It is useful as a map information display device for acquiring information indicating, acquiring information for identifying an administrative district including a position on the map, and displaying regional information of the administrative district.

An example of the outline of the present invention An example of the outline of the present invention An example of the outline of the present invention An example of the outline of the present invention Functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention An example of a screen display for the position information acquisition unit 501 to acquire position information Example of map that can specify coordinates The figure for demonstrating one method for the administrative division identification information acquisition part 502 to acquire administrative division identification information. An example diagram in which the category holding unit 503 holds the administrative district identification information and the category of the regional information of the region identified by the administrative district identification information in association with each other. Example of icon display Process Flow of Category Icon Display Unit 504 Flow chart of processing of map information display device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention Functional block diagram of the map information display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention Flow chart of processing of map information display device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention Functional block diagram of a map information display device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention Flow chart of processing of map information display apparatus according to embodiment 4 of the present invention Functional block diagram of a map information display device according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention Example of table used to select display design Flowchart of map information display device processing according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention Functional block diagram of a map information display device according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention Example of a table for associating administrative division identification information and regional information and holding them An example of a table for associating and holding regional information and categories Functional block diagram of a map information display device according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention An example of management history information held in the management history information holding unit Example of output of additional change information

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Claims (10)

A position information acquisition unit that acquires position information that is information indicating a position on a map;
An administrative division identification information acquisition unit for acquiring administrative division identification information for identifying an administrative division including the position indicated by the positional information acquired by the positional information acquisition unit;
A category holding unit that holds the administrative district identification information and the category of the regional information of the region identified by the administrative district identification information in association with each other;
All categories held by the category holding unit are displayed as icons, and among the displayed icons, categories associated with the administrative district identification information acquired by the administrative district identification information acquiring unit are displayed. A category icon display unit for displaying an icon to be displayed and an icon for displaying a category not associated with the administrative district identification information acquired by the administrative district identification information acquisition unit;
A map information display device. It has a map display that displays the map on the screen,
The map information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information acquisition unit includes a pointing device acquisition unit that acquires position information by designating an arbitrary position of the map displayed by the map display unit with a pointing device.   The map information display device according to claim 2, wherein the map display unit includes a seamless display unit that displays a map including a plurality of the administrative divisions.   The map information display according to claim 3, wherein the seamless display means is capable of scrolling display from a map portion including any one administrative division to a map portion including another administrative division not included in the map portion. apparatus. A display design information holding unit for holding display design information that defines a display design of the regional information;
A display design selection unit that selects display design information from the display design information holding unit according to the administrative district identification information acquired by the administrative district identification information acquisition unit;
A region information display unit that displays the region information using display design information selected by the display design selection unit;
The map information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:   The display design information is any one of a character font, a character size, a character color, a background color, an image type to be used, and a text alignment when the regional information is displayed by the regional information display unit. The map information display device according to claim 5, wherein a display mode including   The map information display device according to claim 5, wherein the display design information defines a type or / and number of banner advertisements to be displayed on the screen together with the display of the regional information by the regional information display unit. A regional information holding unit that holds administrative district identification information and regional information in association with each other;
The map information display device according to claim 1, further comprising a regional information management unit that manages regional information held by the regional information holding unit. A management history information holding unit for holding management history information indicating a history of management of regional information by the regional information management unit;
The map information display device according to claim 8, further comprising an additional change information output unit that outputs additional change information indicating addition or / and change of regional information based on the management history information held in the management history information holding unit. . A location information acquisition step for acquiring location information which is information indicating a location on a map;
Administrative division identification information acquisition step for acquiring administrative division identification information for identifying an administrative division including the position indicated by the positional information acquired in the positional information acquisition step;
A category holding step for associating and holding the administrative district identification information and the category of the regional information of the region identified by the administrative district identification information;
All categories held in the category holding step are displayed as icons, and among the displayed icons, categories associated with the administrative division identification information acquired in the administrative division identification information acquisition step A category icon display step for identifiably displaying an icon for displaying and an icon for displaying a category not associated with the administrative district identification information acquired in the administrative district identification information acquisition step,
Map information display method including

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