JP5813390B2 - Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing program, and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing program, and an information processing method for displaying map information.

  An apparatus that displays a map on a display such as a car navigation apparatus generally displays only map information and facility information within a predetermined display range. On the other hand, in recent years, a technique for displaying facility information outside the display range has also been proposed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, map information is not displayed at the end of the display, and an icon indicating facility information is displayed at the end of the display when a display target facility exists outside the display range. As a result, the existence of the facility can be confirmed even for the facility not within the display range.

  Moreover, in patent document 2, the peripheral part of a display is made into a far facility display area, and the map and the facility information outside a display range are combined and displayed so that the facility outside a display range can be detected easily.

JP 2006-258466 A JP 2002-228459 A

  However, in patent document 1, since a map is not displayed on the edge of a display, there exists a problem that the range of the map information which can be displayed will become narrow.

  Moreover, in patent document 2, when the facility outside a display range is displayed on the peripheral part of a display, there exists a problem that it becomes difficult to see the map of the part.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing program capable of effectively presenting a facility outside the display range in addition to map information. And an information processing method .

According to one aspect of the present invention, first range setting means for setting a first range, which is a range of map information displayed on the display means, and a facility within the first range are searched, and the first range is searched. First facility search means for acquiring first facility information indicating facilities within one range; second range setting means for setting a predetermined range outside the first range as a second range; A second facility that searches for a facility of a type that does not exist within the first range, and acquires second facility information that indicates a facility within the second range. And an information processing system comprising a search means.

  According to the present invention, the facility display area is set according to the map information and the facility information within the map display range, and the facility information of the facility outside the map display range is displayed. Therefore, the facility information can be effectively presented without making it difficult to see the information within the map display range.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of an information display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the processing operation of an information display system. The figure which shows an example of the map display range in map information. The figure which shows an example which displayed the search result by the display range facility search part 233 on the display part 125. FIG. The figure which shows another example which displayed the search result by the display area facility search part 233 on the display part 125. FIG. The figure which shows an example of a facility search range. The figure which shows the example which displayed the search result by the facility search part 233 within a display range, and the facility search part 236 outside a display range on the display part 125. FIG. The figure which shows another example which displayed on the display part 125 the search result by the facility search part 233 within a display range, and the facility search part 236 outside a display range. The figure which shows another example which displayed on the display part 125 the search result by the facility search part 233 within a display range, and the facility search part 236 outside a display range. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit 125. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of an image displayed on the display unit 125. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing still another example of an image displayed on the display unit 125. The figure which shows the example which expressed distance by the length of the arrow. The figure which shows an example in case three gas stations exist in a facility search range. The figure which shows the example which expressed distance by the design and color of an arrow. The figure which shows the modification of FIG. The figure which shows an example of the internal structure of the terminal device 1a and the server 2a which concern on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
In an information display device that displays map information, when displaying map information around a mountainous area or around a road constructed on the sea, there may be little facility information to be displayed. Further, when displaying map information around the coastline, there is no facility information to be displayed on the sea side. Therefore, in the present embodiment, an area where there is no facility information to be displayed on the display unit (display) is effectively used.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an information display system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The information display system includes a terminal device (information display device) 1, a server (information processing device) 2, and a network 3. As illustrated, the terminal device 1 communicates with the server 2 via the network 3.

  The terminal device 1 transmits reference position information indicating a reference position to be described later to the server 2 via the network 3. The server 2 generates image data for displaying map information and facility information around the reference position, and transmits the image data to the terminal device 1 via the network 3. Then, the terminal device 1 displays an image corresponding to the received image data.

  The terminal device 1 is used by a user, and is, for example, a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone or a tablet terminal device, a stationary electronic device such as a car navigation device, or a combination thereof. At least a part of the terminal device 1 and the server 2 is realized by a computer. The network 3 may be either a wired line or a wireless line, and the type and form of the line are not limited.

  The terminal device 1 includes a communication unit 11 and a control unit 12.

  The communication unit 11 is an interface that transmits and receives information between the control unit 12 and the server 2 via the network 3.

  The control unit 12 includes an operation input unit 121, a current position acquisition unit 122, a reference position information transmission unit 123, an image data acquisition unit 124, and a display unit 125.

  The operation input unit 121 is an interface for a user to input an operation to the terminal device 1, and is, for example, a keyboard, a touch pad, a dial button, or the like in a mobile electronic device, or a touch panel or a microphone in a stationary electronic device.

  The current position acquisition unit 122 acquires the current position of the terminal device 1, and is a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, for example. The current position is expressed by latitude and longitude, for example.

  The reference position information transmission unit 123 transmits reference position information indicating an arbitrary reference position set by the user via the operation input unit 121 or the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 122 from the communication unit 11 via the network 3. Send to server 2. The reference position information is information indicating a position serving as a reference of the map display range displayed on the display unit 125.

  The image data acquisition unit 124 acquires the image data generated by the server 2 and displays it on the display unit 125.

  The display unit 125 is, for example, a liquid crystal display that displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) that receives an operation from the user and the image data received by the image data acquisition unit 124.

  On the other hand, the server 2 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.

  The communication unit 21 is an interface that transmits and receives information between the control unit 23 and the terminal device 1 via the network 3.

  The storage unit 22 is a fixed data storage such as a hard disk that stores various databases. More specifically, the storage unit 22 stores a facility information database 221 including facility information and a map information database 222 including map information. The facility information database 221 includes, as facility information, the types and positions of facilities existing on the map information. The type of facility is, for example, a gas station, a convenience store, or a hospital. The location of the facility is represented by latitude and longitude, for example.

  The control unit 23 includes a reference position information acquisition unit 231, a map display range setting unit 232 (first range setting unit), a display range facility search unit 233 (first facility search unit), and a determination unit 234. , Facility search range setting unit 235 (second range setting unit), out-of-display-range facility search unit 236 (second facility search unit), facility display area setting unit 237, facility position calculation unit 238, image A data generation unit 239.

  The reference position information acquisition unit 231 acquires reference position information transmitted from the reference position information transmission unit 123 of the terminal device 1 via the network 3 from the communication unit 21.

  Based on the acquired reference position information and the map information database 222, the map display range setting unit 232 is a part of the map information and is displayed on the display unit 125 of the terminal device 1 (first range). Set. The map display range also depends on the scale of the map information displayed on the display unit 125.

  The in-display-range facility search unit 233 searches for facilities in the map display range using the facility information database 221 and acquires facility information.

  Whether the determination unit 234 displays facility information of facilities outside the map display range on the display unit 125 in consideration of the number and distribution of facilities within the map display range based on the search result of the display range facility search unit 233 Determine whether or not.

  Based on the map information database 222, the facility search range setting unit 235 determines a facility search range (second range) that is a part of map information and is a target for searching for a facility to be displayed on the display unit 125, as a map. Set to a predetermined range outside the display range.

  The out-of-display-range facility searching unit 236 searches for a facility within the facility search range using the facility information database 221 and acquires facility information.

  The facility display area setting unit 237 is an area on the display unit 125, and displays a facility display area for displaying facility information of facilities in the facility search range. Set based on location and map information within the map display range. One feature of the present embodiment is that the facility information of the facility within the facility search range is not displayed in a predetermined fixed area such as the peripheral portion of the display unit 125, but based on the location of the facility within the map range. The point is to be displayed in the facility display area set by the user.

  The facility position calculation unit 238 calculates the azimuth of the facility within the facility search range based on the facility information acquired by the facility search unit 236 outside the display range. In addition, the facility position calculation unit 238 may calculate the distance from the reference position to the facility within the facility search range. The facility position calculation unit 238 calculates an azimuth and a distance from, for example, the latitude and longitude of the reference position and the latitude and longitude indicating the position of the facility.

  The image data generation unit 239 displays the map information and the facility information within the map display range on the display unit 125, and also displays the facility information of the facility within the facility search range and the azimuth information indicating the direction of the facility of the display unit 125 Image data to be displayed in the display area is generated and transmitted from the communication unit 21 to the image data acquisition unit 124 of the terminal device 1 via the network 3.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing operation of the information display system.

  First, the reference position information transmission unit 123 in the terminal device 1 transmits the reference position information indicating the arbitrary reference position set by the user via the operation input unit 121 or the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 122 to the communication unit. 11 to the server 2 via the network 3. Then, the reference position information acquisition unit 231 in the server 2 acquires reference position information (Step S1). Which of the reference position and the current position set by the user may be determined in advance or may be selected by the user. When the user sets a reference position, for example, an arbitrary place name or station name can be input using a keyboard, or an arbitrary position of map information displayed on the display unit 125 can be specified using a touch panel or a mouse. it can.

  Next, the map display range setting unit 232 sets a map display range based on the reference position information and the map information database 222 (step S2).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a map display range in the map information. The map display range setting unit 232 sets a predetermined range based on the reference position as the map display range. The map display range setting unit 232 may use, for example, a rectangular range centered on the reference position as the map display range. If the terminal device 1 is moving, the map display range is set to a wider range. May be used. The set map display range is displayed on the display unit 125 later.

  Subsequently, the in-display-range facility search unit 233 searches for facilities in the map display range using the facility information database 221 and acquires facility information (first facility information) indicating the facilities in the map display range ( Step S3). Based on the acquired facility information, the determination unit 234 determines whether to display a facility outside the map display range on the display unit 125 (step S4).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the search result by the in-display-range facility search unit 233 is displayed on the display unit 125. In this example, there are facilities in almost the entire map display range, and there is almost no area where facility information outside the map display range can be displayed. Therefore, the determination unit 234 determines not to display facilities outside the map display range (NO in step S4). When there is a lot of facility information to be displayed on the display unit 125, it is possible to prevent the map information from being difficult to see or to have excessive information by not displaying the facilities outside the map display range.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example in which the search result by the in-display-range facility search unit 233 is displayed on the display unit 125. When the number of facilities in the map display range is very small, or even if there are some facilities, the facilities are distributed only within a certain range as shown in FIG. There is an area where there is no facility information to be displayed, in other words, an area where facility information of facilities outside the map display range can be displayed. Therefore, the determination unit 234 determines to display a facility outside the map display range (YES in step S4).

  If it is determined that a facility outside the map display range is displayed, the facility search range setting unit 235 sets a facility search range based on the map information database 222 (step S5).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility search range. As shown in the figure, the facility search range setting unit 235 sets, for example, a rectangular range outside the map display range and separated from the outer edge by a predetermined distance as the facility search range. Here, the predetermined distance may be a predetermined distance or may be arbitrarily set by the user.

  When the facility search range is set, the out-of-display-range facility search unit 236 uses the facility information database 221 to search for a facility within the facility search range, and the facility information (second information indicating the facility within the facility search range) (Facility information) is acquired (step S6). The out-of-display-range facility searching unit 236 may search for any facility, or may search only for a facility set in advance by the user or a facility that the user has searched for in the past. Also, the facility of the same type as the facility in the map display range may not be searched. For example, when there is a gas station within the map display range, facilities other than the gas station that exist within the facility search range may be searched. This is because it is not necessary to know the information of the same type of facility that is outside the map display range even though it is within the map display range.

  FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 are diagrams showing an example in which search results by the in-display range facility searching unit 233 and the out-of-display range facility searching unit 236 are displayed on the display unit 125. 7 and 8 are examples in which one facility A exists within the facility search range, and FIG. 9 is an example in which two facilities A and B exist within the facility search range. Of course, there may be multiple facilities of the same type.

  Next, the facility display area setting unit 237 sets a facility display area (step S7).

  In the example of FIG. 7, when the map display range is displayed on the display unit 125, the information to be displayed in the areas P and Q of the display unit 125, that is, there is no road or the like in the map display range. . Therefore, the facility display area setting unit 237 sets the area P closer to the facility A as the facility display area. On the other hand, in the example of FIG. 8, since there is no information to be displayed only in the area Q separated from the facility A, the facility display area setting unit 237 is separated from the facility A, but the area Q Set to display area.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 9, when there are a plurality of facilities within the facility search range, the facility display area setting unit 237 sets a facility display area in association with each facility. More specifically, the facility display area setting unit 237 sets the area P close to the facility A among the areas P and Q of the display unit 125 as the facility display area of the facility A according to the positions of the facilities A and B. The area Q close to the facility B is set as the facility display area of the facility B. When the number of facilities in the facility display area is smaller than the number of areas that can be set in the facility display area, for example, when there are three or more facilities in FIGS. 7 and 8, the order close to the reference position or predetermined The facility display area may be set by selecting the facility in the order according to the priority.

  Next, the facility position calculation unit 238 calculates the orientation of the facility based on the facility information acquired by the out-of-display-range facility search unit 236 (step S8). The direction here is, for example, the direction from the position on the map information corresponding to the center of the facility display area to the facility position, or the direction from the reference position to the facility position. Further, the facility position calculation unit 238 may calculate a distance from the reference position to the facility.

  Subsequently, the image data generation unit 239 displays the map information within the map display range and the facility information of the facility within the map display range on the display unit 125, and the facility information of the facility within the facility search range and the facility information Image data for displaying azimuth information indicating the azimuth in the facility display area is generated (step S9), and this is transmitted from the communication unit 21 to the terminal device 1 via the network 3. If it is determined in step S4 that the facility information of the facility outside the map display range is not displayed, the image data generation unit 239 displays the map information within the map display range and the facility information of the facility within the map display range. Image data to be displayed on the display unit 125 is generated.

  When the image data acquisition unit 124 in the terminal device 1 acquires image data, the display unit 125 displays an image corresponding to the image data (step S10).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the display unit 125, and corresponds to FIG. The facility within the map display range is displayed at the position where the facility exists in the map information. Further, in the facility display area on the display unit 125 where there is no facility information to be displayed in the map display range, an arrow is provided as the facility information of the facility A (FIG. 7) and the direction information indicating the direction of the facility A. Is displayed. When the distance to the facility A is calculated, the distance may be displayed together. By displaying the facility information in an area close to the facility A, it becomes easy to understand the direction.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example of an image displayed on the display unit 125, and corresponds to FIG. As shown in the figure, even if the facility information cannot be displayed at a location close to the facility A (FIG. 8), an arrow indicating the direction is displayed in addition to the facility information of the facility A. The direction of the facility A can be grasped.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating another example of an image displayed on the display unit 125, and corresponds to FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, when there are a plurality of facilities A and B (FIG. 9) within the facility search range, their facility information and arrows indicating their orientations are displayed.

  10 to 12 are merely examples, and various display modes are conceivable. For example, the distance may be expressed not in characters but in a form.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the distance is expressed by the length of the arrow. As shown in the figure, by displaying a longer arrow as the distance is longer, the user can intuitively understand the distance to the facility.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example when three gas stations exist within the facility search range. As shown in the figure, when there are a plurality of facilities of the same type, only one facility type name may be displayed, and an arrow indicating the direction may be displayed for each facility. Thereby, the number of the facility information displayed decreases, and the image displayed on the display part 125 is simplified and becomes easy to see. Furthermore, an arrow may be displayed with a length corresponding to the distance to the facility. Further, only one closest to the reference position among a plurality of facilities of the same type may be displayed. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the distance may be expressed by a pattern or a color of an arrow.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 16, you may provide the facility designation | designated part 126 in the control part 12 of the terminal device 1 of FIG. One of facility information or direction information (hereinafter referred to as facility information) of the facility within the facility search range displayed in the facility display area of the display unit 125 using the touch panel or mouse of the operation input unit 121 by the user. Is designated in the facility designation unit 126, the periphery of the designated facility may be displayed on the display unit 125.

  More specifically, a link that gives information on the location of the facility (for example, latitude and longitude) to the facility information or the like in advance is given. Alternatively, a facility ID is assigned to facility information or the like so that the location of the facility can be acquired based on the facility ID. When facility information or the like is designated, the facility designation unit 126 transmits the designated facility information or the like from the communication unit 11 to the terminal device 2 via the network 3. The image data generation unit 239 acquires the location of the facility and generates image data for displaying map information around the location.

  The image data generation unit 239 may generate image data that is scrolled while gradually moving from the currently displayed map display range to the map information around the specified facility location. Image data that immediately switches to map information around the position may be generated. Further, when the designated facility exists just outside the map display range, map information including both the current reference position and the designated facility may be displayed.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, in accordance with the map information and facility information in the map display range, an area having no information to be displayed in the map display range is set as the facility display area. The facility information of the facility within the facility search range that is outside is displayed. Therefore, the facility information can be effectively presented without making it difficult to see the information within the map display range. Furthermore, since the azimuth | direction of a facility is also shown, the user can grasp | ascertain the azimuth | direction where facility information is displayed on the display part 125 anywhere.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment described above, map information and facility information are displayed. In the second embodiment described below, route guidance is further performed.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of the terminal device 1a and the server 2a according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 17, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the differences will be mainly described below.

  The control unit 12a of the terminal device 1a of FIG. 17 further includes a search condition setting unit 127 and a search request transmission unit 128.

  The search condition setting unit 127 sets search conditions by receiving conditions such as a departure place and a destination from the user via the operation input unit 121. The search request transmission unit 128 transmits a search request including a search condition to the server 2 and requests the server 2 to perform a route search based on the set search condition.

  On the other hand, the storage unit 22a of the server 2 further stores a road network information database 223 including road network information. The road network information is information that defines a road network and the like, for example, expressed by a combination of node data that is a node on the road network representation such as an intersection and link data that is a road section between nodes. .

  The control unit 23 a of the server 2 further includes a search request receiving unit 240 and a route search unit 241.

  The search request receiving unit 240 receives a search request including a search condition from the terminal device 1 and transfers the search condition to the route search unit 241. The route search unit 241 searches for a route from the departure place to the destination based on the search condition.

  In this embodiment, prior to step S1 in FIG. 2, the user sets a search condition in the search condition setting unit 127 in advance, and the search request transmission unit 128 sends a search request including the search condition to the search request reception unit 240 in the server 2. Send to. Then, the route search unit 241 searches for a route from the departure place to the destination. In step S9, the image data generation unit 239 generates image data for displaying the route together with the map information, and the display unit 125 displays the map information including the route. The user can move to the destination according to the guidance by the display unit 125.

  Other processing operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  Thus, in 2nd Embodiment, in order to display the facility information of the facility in the facility search range which is outside a display area during route guidance, about the facility outside a map display range to a moving user. Information can be presented in real time.

  Also in the present embodiment, the facility specifying unit 126 may be provided in the control unit 12 of the terminal device 1, and when the user specifies facility information or the like, the periphery of the specified facility may be displayed on the display unit 125. Alternatively, the route search unit 241 may search for a route from the current position acquired by the current position acquisition unit 122 to the facility designated by the user, and the route may be displayed on the display unit 125. At this time, the facility position calculation unit 238 may calculate a distance to the designated facility and display the distance on the display unit 125.

  1 and 17 are examples, and at least a part of the configuration requirements in the servers 2 and 2a may be in the terminal devices 1 and 1a, respectively. For example, the storage units 22 and 22a and the control units 23 and 23a in the servers 2 and 2a are provided in the terminal devices 1 and 1a, respectively, so that the map information can be displayed only by the terminal device 1 without communication. A processing device or an information display device may be configured. In this case, the reference position information transmission unit 123 and the image data acquisition unit 124 may be omitted.

  At least a part of the information display system described in the above-described embodiment may be configured by hardware or software. When configured by software, a program for realizing at least a part of the functions of the information display system may be stored in a recording medium such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM, and read and executed by a computer. The recording medium is not limited to a removable medium such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk, but may be a fixed recording medium such as a hard disk device or a memory.

  Further, a program for realizing at least a part of functions of the information display system may be distributed via a communication line (including wireless communication) such as the Internet. Further, the program may be distributed in a state where the program is encrypted, modulated or compressed, and stored in a recording medium via a wired line such as the Internet or a wireless line.

  Based on the above description, those skilled in the art may be able to conceive additional effects and various modifications of the present invention, but the aspects of the present invention are not limited to the individual embodiments described above. Absent. Various additions, modifications, and partial deletions can be made without departing from the concept and spirit of the present invention derived from the contents defined in the claims and equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal device 11 Communication part 12 Control part 121 Operation input part 122 Current position acquisition part 123 Reference position information transmission part 124 Image data acquisition part 125 Display part 126 Facility specification part 127 Search condition setting part 128 Search request transmission part 2 Server 21 Communication Unit 22 Storage unit 221 Facility information database 222 Map information database 223 Road network information database 23 Control unit 231 Reference position information acquisition unit 232 Map display range setting unit 233 Display range facility search unit 234 Determination unit 235 Facility search range setting unit 236 Display Out-of-range facility search unit 237 Facility display area setting unit 238 Facility position calculation unit 239 Image data generation unit 240 Search request reception unit 241 Route search unit 3 Network

Claims (20)

A first range setting means for setting a first range in the range of the map information displayed on the display means,
First facility search means for searching for a facility within the first range and acquiring first facility information indicating the facility within the first range;
Second range setting means for setting a predetermined range outside the first range as a second range;
A second facility that searches for a facility of a type that does not exist within the first range, and acquires second facility information that indicates a facility within the second range. And an information processing system comprising a search means. A facility display area setting means for setting a facility display area for displaying the second facility information on the map information based on the first facility information;
Displaying the map information and the first facility information within the first range on the display means, and generating image data for displaying the second facility information in the facility display area of the display means The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising image data generation means . A facility position calculating means for calculating a distance from a reference position to a facility within the second range;
The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the image data generation unit generates the image data for displaying distance information indicating the distance. When there are two or more facilities of the same type in the second range, the image data generating means collectively displays the second facility information indicating the two or more facilities of the same type. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the image data for generating the image data is generated. The facility position calculation means calculates the direction of each of the two or more facilities of the same type,
The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the image data generation unit generates the image data for displaying azimuth information indicating the azimuth of each of the two or more facilities of the same type. Determination means for determining whether or not to display a facility outside the first range on the display means based on the number or distribution of facilities within the first range searched by the first facility search means. With
If it is determined that the determination means displays, the second range setting means sets the second range. The information processing system according to claim 1. When a facility within the second range displayed on the display unit is designated, the image data generation unit is configured to display the image data for displaying map information around the designated facility on the display unit. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the information processing system is generated. When a facility within the second range displayed on the display means is designated, route search means for searching for a route from the current position to the designated facility;
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it comprises an image data generation means for generating image data for displaying a route from the current position to the specified facility. The said facility position calculation means calculates the azimuth | direction to the facility in the said 2nd range from the position on the said map information corresponding to the said facility display area, The Claim 1 thru | or 8 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information processing system . It said second facility retrieval means, information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that to search for facilities in accordance with the user. Said image data generating means, the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 1 0, characterized in that to generate the image data for displaying the azimuth information by the arrow. The facility position calculating means calculates a distance from the reference position to a facility within the second range;
Said image data generating means, the information processing system of claim 1 1, characterized in that to generate the image data for displaying the arrow in a form corresponding to the distance. A first facility information indicating a facility within a first range which is a range of map information displayed on the display means, and a facility within a second range which is a predetermined range outside the first range, An information processing program for causing a computer to function as data acquisition means for acquiring data for displaying on a display means second facility information indicating a type of facility that does not exist within the first range . Computer
  First range setting means for setting a first range which is a range of map information displayed on the display means;
  A first facility search means for searching for a facility within the first range and acquiring first facility information indicating the facility within the first range;
  Second range setting means for setting a predetermined range outside the first range as a second range; and
  A second facility that searches for a facility of a type that does not exist within the first range, and acquires second facility information that indicates a facility within the second range. An information processing program that functions as a search means. An information processing system including a plurality of computers connected to be communicable,
  First range setting means for setting a first range which is a range of map information displayed on the display means;
  First facility search means for searching for a facility within the first range and acquiring first facility information indicating the facility within the first range;
Second range setting means for setting a predetermined range outside the first range as a second range;
  A second facility that searches for a facility of a type that does not exist within the first range, and acquires second facility information that indicates a facility within the second range. In order for an information processing system comprising a search means to function,
  An information processing program for causing at least one of the computers to function as at least one of the means. In order to cause the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 12 to function by a plurality of computers connected in a communicable manner,
  An information processing program for causing at least one of the computers to function as at least one of the means. An information processing program for causing a computer to function as at least one of each means in the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 12. By a plurality of information processing devices connected to be able to communicate,
  First range setting means for setting a first range which is a range of map information displayed on the display means;
  First facility search means for searching for a facility within the first range and acquiring first facility information indicating the facility within the first range;
  Second range setting means for setting a predetermined range outside the first range as a second range;
  A second facility that searches for a facility of a type that does not exist within the first range, and acquires second facility information that indicates a facility within the second range. And an information processing system comprising search means,
  An information processing apparatus comprising at least one of the above means. Setting a first range in the range of the map information displayed on the display means,
Searching for a facility within the first range and obtaining first facility information indicating a facility within the first range; and
Setting a predetermined range outside the first range as a second range ;
Searching for a facility of a type that is within the second range and does not exist within the first range, and obtaining second facility information indicating the facility within the second range; and information processing method, characterized in that it comprises. Computer
The first range setting means for setting a first range in the range of the map information displayed on the display means,
A first facility search means for searching for a facility within the first range and acquiring first facility information indicating the facility within the first range ;
Second range setting means for setting a predetermined range of the outside of the first range to the second range and,
A facility in the second range, said first searching facility does not exist type within a second facility for obtaining a second facility information indicating the facility within the second range information processing program for causing to function as a retrieval means.

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