JPH02101580A - Geographical point determining system by map surface touch inputting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To speedup the geographical point determination of a disaster communication, etc., by providing a mesh information file retrieving means to retrieve geographical point information in a mesh belonging to map coordinates from the map coordinates by a mesh information file related to the map coordinates. CONSTITUTION:An objective point coordinates inputting means 23 decides that an object in question is an object to be a target such as a building, a crossing, a bridge, etc., from a map displayed on a map retrieving device 13. Then, by touching and designating directly the object of the displayed map on the surface of the image display tube of the device 13, a touch panel sensor is operated, and the map coordinates of the objective geographical point is inputted. A mesh information file retrieving means 24 retrieves the mesh information file 11 from the map coordinates of the touch-inputted objective geographical point, and gives instructions of the address and the name of place of a mesh area and the list of the objects to a display device 12, and by selecting this, it determines the objective geographical point. Accordingly, the geographical point determination of the disaster communication, etc., can be performed at high speed and in addition, by high precision.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to determining the caller or disaster location from a disaster reporting telephone, etc., and in particular to determining the location of a fire command and control system, etc., and a map screen for grasping the relevant regional information. This relates to a point determination method using touch input.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, for this type of point determination, key words for point determination (for example, direction and distance of famous targets, etc.) are heard from the caller's phone call, and the commander's experience is used to determine the disaster location or the caller's reporting point.・The method used was to make judgments and decisions based on knowledge.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional point determination method described above, the commander's experience and knowledge not only greatly influences the time and accuracy of determining the disaster location, but also
It is an extremely difficult task to listen to the key words used to determine a location from an agitated caller. Furthermore, if the caller is a foreigner who is simply passing through, it is impossible to determine the exact location.

[Means to solve the problem]

The point determination method using the map surface touch input of the present invention is based on the CR
In a point determination method using a map search device using a T display device, a menu list means for displaying a menu list for displaying a map of a blocked area;
(q) A map search means for searching the map image data file of the blocked area; a target point coordinate input means for inputting the map coordinates of the target point by mounting a touch panel sensor on the display surface of the CR7; mesh information file search means for searching point information in the mesh belonging to the mesh information file from the map coordinates.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a general data structure diagram of a mesh information file for map information (for point determination), and Fig. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating example operation.

This embodiment includes a mesh information file 11 stored in a magnetic disk device, a console keyboard/display device 12, and a map search device 13 with a touch panel sensor.
, a map image data file (stored in an optical disk device) 14 , a menu list means 21 , and a map search means 22
, target point coordinate input means 23 , and mesh information file search means 24 .

Here, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3.

As the first step in the point determination process, the menu list means 21 displays a menu list including a list of telephone station names, etc. from the mesh information file 11 stored in a magnetic disk device or the like on the console keyboard/display 12 ( Steps 31-33). In step 34), the specified block area reported from this list (telephone office name, etc.) is manually specified.As a second step, the map search means 22 searches the map corresponding to the specified area on an optical disc. By retrieving the map image data file 14 stored in, etc. (step 35), the map image data file 14 is displayed on the image display of the map search device 13 having a touch panel (step 36).

As a third step, the target point coordinate input means 23 determines from the map displayed on the map search device 13 that the target object is a building, intersection, bridge, etc. By touching a target point on the map displayed on the image display screen, the touch panel sensor is activated and the map coordinates of the target point are input (steps 37 to 38). In addition, as a fourth step, the mesh information file inspection means 24 searches the mesh information file 11 from the map coordinates of the target point input by touch, and displays a list of addresses, place names, and objects in the mesh area on the console keyboard. The target point is determined by selecting the screen displayed on the spray device 12 (step 40) and selecting it (step 41). Here, if the target point cannot be determined, the process returns to step 31 and the same operations and selections are performed.

The mesh information file 11 stored in a magnetic disk device, etc. has a menu list corresponding to the block number on the map as shown in FIG.・Address: The structure is such that the place name is shown.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention makes it possible to easily input the map coordinates of a target point by directly inputting the target point from the map display screen on the touch panel.
Point determination information (address) of the target point by searching the mesh information file.

Since it is possible to determine the caller or disaster location by displaying information (place names, etc.) on the console display, it is possible to greatly improve the speed and precision of location determination for disaster notifications, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a general data structure diagram of a mesh information file for map information, and Fig. 3 shows the operation of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Mesh information file, 12... Console keyboard/display device, 13... Map search device, 14... Map image data file, 21
...Target point coordinate input means, 22...Mesh information file search means, 23...Map search means, 24...
Menu list means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A menu list means for displaying a menu list for displaying a map of a blocked area in a point determination method using a map search device using a CRT display device;
a map search means for searching a map image data file of the blocked area; a target point coordinate input means for inputting map coordinates of a target point by mounting a touch panel sensor on a CRT display surface; 1. A point determination method based on touch input on a map surface, comprising a mesh information file search means for searching point information in a mesh belonging to the mesh information file from the map coordinates.