JPWO2010055577A1 - MAP INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, MAP INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, MAP INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Google Patents

Abstract

The map information providing device holds type information of a map object to be updated and an icon including predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information related to the map object to be updated. The progress information specifying means acquires various types of information and specifies the progress status of the map object to be updated, and the map information output means has a map object to be updated within the range of the map information to be output. The map information is output with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress. According to this, since the update state of the map object to be updated in the map information to be output is represented using the icon that integrates the map object type information to be updated and the progress information related to the map object. Compared to the case where the progress status is represented by the mark, the user can easily recognize the progress status.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for providing map information including progress information related to a map object to be updated.

  Conventionally, digitized map information is appropriately updated in response to changes in actual facilities. Also, a system that provides map information is convenient not only for providing map information but also for notifying the map object to be updated because the update location can be specified for the user.

  In the distribution work management system described in Patent Document 1, map information that can determine the construction status is generated by arranging different marks for each work status on the map.

JP 2008-52461 A

  However, in the distribution work management system as described above, when different marks are arranged for each work situation, the user needs to recognize what work situation each mark corresponds to. Therefore, in the case of the above power distribution work management system, there is a problem that the user has to recognize a mark for each work situation for a plurality of works, and the operation may be complicated.

  Examples of problems to be solved by the present invention include the above. It is an object of the present invention to provide a map information providing apparatus that can provide map information that can be easily recognized by a user regarding the progress of updates relating to map objects.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, the map information providing device includes map information holding means for holding map information, type information of the map object to be updated, and predetermined progress information related to the map object. Icon information holding means for holding an icon, update target map object information holding means for holding information related to the map object to be updated, progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated, and output Map information output means for outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress status when the map object to be updated is within the range of the target map information.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for holding type information of a map object to be updated and an icon including predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information about the map object to be updated. In the map information providing method, the progress status identifying step for identifying a predetermined progress status regarding the update target map object, and the progress status when the map object to be updated is within the range of the map information to be output And a map information output step of outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the information.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer, an icon including type information of a map object to be updated and predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information about the map object to be updated. A map information providing program to be executed by a holding device, a progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated, and the map object to be updated within a range of map information to be output In some cases, the computer is caused to function as map information output means for outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress status.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of a map information provision system. It is a block diagram of a map information provision apparatus. It is a map information provision unit. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the map information which attached | subjected the progress status icon. It is a figure explaining a progress status icon. It is a table | surface explaining a status. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of detailed information. It is a flowchart of a map information provision process. It is a figure which shows the example of the progress condition icon in another Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal device 2 Map information provision server 200 Map information provision unit 201 Map information storage part 202 User information storage part 203 Update request information storage part 204 Update request reception part 205 Progress status specification part 206 Status information provision part 207 Map information output part 208 Map information update unit 500 Progress status icon

  In one aspect of the present invention, the map information providing device includes a map information holding unit that holds map information, a type information of a map object to be updated, and predetermined progress information related to the map object. Icon information holding means for holding, update target map object information holding means for holding information related to the map object to be updated, progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated, and output target Map information output means for outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress status when the map object to be updated is within the range of the map information. Specifically, the above map information providing apparatus can be configured as a server apparatus. The map information providing apparatus holds type information of a map object to be updated and an icon including predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information about the map object to be updated. The progress information specifying means acquires various types of information and specifies the progress status regarding the map object to be updated, and the map information output means has an update target map object within the range of the map information to be output. The map information is output with an icon including the progress information corresponding to the progress status.

  As described above, the map information providing apparatus uses an icon in which the update target map object type information and the progress information about the map object are integrated with respect to the update state of the update target map object in the output target map information. Therefore, it is possible to make the user easily recognize the progress status as compared with the case where the progress status is expressed by a plurality of marks.

  In one aspect of the map information providing apparatus, the apparatus further includes an update request receiving unit that receives an update request for the map object, acquires information about the update of the map object, and registers it in the update target map object information holding unit, The progress specifying means specifies the progress of the update target map object received by the update request receiving means. In this case, the map information providing device can provide the map information with an icon representing the progress status of the update target map object acquired by the update request receiving means.

  In another aspect of the above map information providing device, the progress information represents progress by a graph provided in an icon. In this case, since the map information providing apparatus represents the progress information in a graph, the map information providing apparatus notifies the user of the progress of the map object to be updated in a form that allows the user to easily understand the change in the progress. be able to.

  In another aspect of the above map information providing apparatus, the graph has a scale. In this case, the map information providing apparatus notifies the progress of the map object to be updated in a form that allows the user to easily understand how much progress has been made by providing a scale on the graph indicating the progress information. Can do.

  In another aspect of the above map information providing device, the map object type information is indicated by a graphic, and the progress information is ratio information in the outline of the graphic of the map object type information. In this case, the map information providing apparatus indicates the progress information as percentage information in the map object type information represented by a graphic. According to this, the map information providing apparatus can notify the predetermined progress status of the map object as well as indicating the type of the map object to be updated.

  In another aspect of the map information providing apparatus, the progress is a progress of an update operation of information related to a map object to be updated with respect to the map information holding unit. In this case, the map information providing apparatus can notify the user of the progress degree of the reflection work to the map information for the map object to be updated.

  The progress is a progress relating to the installation status of the actual equipment corresponding to the map object to be updated. In this case, the map information providing apparatus can notify the user of progress information regarding the actual installation status corresponding to the map object to be updated.

  When the progress information satisfies a predetermined requirement, it further comprises map information update means for updating the information of the map object to be updated to the map information. In this case, the map information providing apparatus can provide not only progress information regarding the map object to be updated to the user, but also updated map information.

  The update target map object information holding unit holds detailed information of an update target map object, and the map information output unit detects the operation on the update target map object in the output map information, and then updates the update target map object information holding unit. Outputs detailed information about the target map object. In this case, the map information providing apparatus can provide not only progress information but also more detailed information about the map object to be updated. Here, the detailed information refers to information related to the scheduled installation time and information such as the installation area.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a map in an apparatus that holds type information of a map object to be updated and an icon including predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information about the map object to be updated The information providing method includes a progress status specifying step for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the update target map object, and when there is the update target map object within a range of the output target map information, the information providing method corresponds to the progress status A map information output step of outputting the map information with an icon including progress information.

  Even in this method, the update state of the map object to be updated in the map information to be output is represented by using an icon that integrates the map object type information to be updated and the progress information about the map object. Compared to the case where the progress status is represented by a mark, the user can easily recognize the progress status.

  In still another aspect of the present invention, the computer includes a type object map information to be updated and an icon including predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information about the map object to be updated. A map information providing program to be executed by a holding device, a progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated, and the map object to be updated within a range of map information to be output In some cases, the computer is caused to function as map information output means for outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress status.

  By executing this program on various devices, the map information providing device of the present invention can be realized. In addition, this map information provision program can be handled suitably in the state recorded on the recording medium.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Schematic configuration of map information provision system]
In FIG. 1, the conceptual diagram of the map information provision system 100 is shown. In this embodiment, the map information providing system 100 is configured by connecting the terminal device 1 (in the example of FIG. 1, the terminal device 1A and the terminal device 1B) and the map information providing server 2 through a predetermined network. The Here, one preferred example of the network is the Internet.

  In the map information providing system 100, a user who has seen an actual geographical facility provides the map information providing server 2 with update information on the geographical facility through an operation on the terminal device 1. Thereby, the map information provision server 2 can advance update of map information. That is, the map information can be updated by providing the user information.

  The terminal device 1A and the terminal device 1B are client terminals. For convenience of explanation, in FIG. 1, a terminal device that makes a map information update request is a terminal device 1A, and a terminal device that makes a map information reference request is a terminal device 1B.

  The map information providing server 2 is a server device that manages map information. The map information providing server 2 provides map information or accepts update of map information in response to a request from the terminal device 1.

  When the terminal device 1A makes a map object (road, facility, etc.) update request to the map information providing server 2, the map information providing server 2 appropriately displays status information indicating the progress status of the map object updating operation. Provided to the terminal device 1A. Here, the status information refers to information related to the progress status of the map information update work for the map object requested to be updated.

  After the map information providing server 2 updates the update request target map object, if the terminal device 1A makes a map information reference request to the map information providing server 2, the updated map information is referred to. be able to.

  Further, the terminal device 1B can also refer to the latest map information by making a map information reference request to the map information providing server 2.

[Map information server]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the map information providing server 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The map information providing server 2 is constituted by a server computer, for example, and includes a system bus 11, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12, a memory 13, a keyboard 14, a coordinate indicating device 15 such as a mouse, a display 16, and the like. A data storage device 18 such as a hard disk and a data communication unit 19 are provided. Here, the keyboard 14 and the coordinate designating device 15 are input devices. The display 16 is an output device. Transmission by the data communication unit 19 can be performed by any method as long as data transmission from the data communication unit 19 to the terminal device 1 is possible, such as wired transmission using a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable or data transmission by contact with a terminal. Can be applied. The CPU 12 controls the entire map information providing server 2 and controls the input / output device.

  The CPU 12, the memory 13, the data storage device 18, and the data communication unit 19 are connected to the system bus 11. The keyboard 14, the coordinate instruction device 15, and the display 16 are also connected to the system bus 11 via an interface (not shown). The memory 13 is also used as a working memory.

As illustrated, the data storage device 18 holds a map information DB 350, a user information DB 370, and an update request information DB 380. The map information DB 350 is a database that stores map information (position information (latitude and longitude information), map background information, and shape data such as roads).
The map information is assumed to be associated with shape data and a name. In addition, the map information DB 350 also holds a progress status icon indicating the progress status of the update work for the information that has received the update request for the map object. Therefore, in this embodiment, the map information DB 350 functions as an icon information holding unit. The progress status icon will be described later.

  The user information DB 370 holds user information. By holding the user information, the user identification information is acquired from the terminal device 1, and the accessing user is discriminated by comparing the user identification information with the user information.

  The update request information DB 380 is a database that holds information on update requests acquired from the terminal device 1. The update request information includes “identification information of the accessing user”, “update location information (latitude and longitude information, etc.)”, “type information of the map object to be updated (eg, road, facility, etc.)”, “update Detailed information on (information on installation time, etc.) ”. In this embodiment, the update request information DB 380 functions as an update target map object information holding unit.

[Map information providing unit]
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the map information providing unit 200 that provides information related to the progress of the map information update operation. The map information providing unit 200 is practically realized by the CPU 12 of the map information providing server 2 executing a program prepared in advance. As shown in FIG. 3, the map information providing unit 200 includes an update request receiving unit 204, a progress status specifying unit 205, a status information providing unit 206, a map information output unit 207, and a map information update unit 208. The map information providing unit 200 is connected to the map information DB 350, the user information DB 370, and the update request information DB 380.

  The update request reception unit 204 receives an update request from the terminal device 1 and acquires update request information. The update request receiving unit 204 receives an update request or acquires update request information via the data communication unit 19.

  The progress status identifying unit 205 identifies the progress status of the update work for the update request information. Specifically, the progress status specifying unit 205 acquires information about the authenticity of the update request information input by the user of the map information providing server 2 and specifies the progress status.

  The status information providing unit 206 provides status information, which is information based on the progress status specified by the progress status specifying unit 205, to the terminal device 1 that has made an update request via the data communication unit 19.

  The map information output unit 207 provides reference request target map information to the terminal device 1 that has requested reference. When the map information requested to be updated is included in the reference request target map information, the map information output unit 207 provides the map information with a progress status icon corresponding to the progress status.

  The map information update unit 208 reflects update request information that satisfies a predetermined condition in the map information DB 350.

[About progress status icons]
Next, the progress status icon will be described. FIG. 4 shows a map on which a progress status icon 500 is displayed. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the map information output unit 207 arranges a progress status icon 500 corresponding to the progress status of the update work for the update request information at a position corresponding to the update request information.

  The progress status icon 500 includes update map object type information 510 and progress information 520 as shown in FIG. The updated map object type information 510 in this embodiment is a diagram showing the type of map object to be updated. The updated map object type information 510 includes not only a facility diagram as shown in FIG. 5A but also a road diagram such as a progress status icon 500 shown in FIG. It should be noted that the updated map object type information 510 may be further subdivided and added with diagrams showing various types.

  The progress information 520 is information based on the progress of the update work to the map information DB 350 for the update request information acquired at the time of the update request. In this embodiment, the progress information 520 is indicated by the ratio of the progress area 530 in the progress bar 521. Note that the progress bar 521 clearly indicates the range of the progress bar itself. As described above, the map information providing unit 200 clearly indicates the proportion of the progress area 530 in the entire progress bar 521, and thus it is visually determined to the user how much the update work regarding the map information has progressed. Can be understood.

  Further, the map information providing unit 200 provides a progress status icon 500 in which the updated map object type information 510 and the progress information 520 are integrated in a format attached to the update location in the map information. Map information that the user can easily recognize about the progress can be provided.

  The progress bar 521 includes scales 522A to 522C. As a result, the map information providing unit 200 can clearly indicate the degree of progress and allow the user to easily understand the remaining steps.

  FIG. 5B shows how the progress information 520 changes as the update work for the update request information progresses. As described above, the map information providing unit 200 changes the ratio of the progress area 530 in the progress bar 521 as the map information update operation proceeds, and displays the progress status icons 500A to 500E corresponding to the progress status. Thereby, the user can easily understand the change in the progress status.

  In addition, the map information providing unit 200 receives the update request from the terminal device 1, but when the update request is not made for an equipment type other than the equipment type to be updated, for example, FIG. ), A progress status icon 500X filled with a background color is displayed at the position of the update request in the map information to be output. According to this, the map information providing unit 200 can notify other users that an update request cannot be made for the content on which the progress status icon 500X shown in FIG. 5C is displayed. .

[Description of status]
Next, the status of the update request information received at the time of the update request after the map information providing unit 200 receives the update request will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, when the map information providing unit 200 receives the update request information together with the update request from the terminal device 1, the progress specifying unit 205 sets the status of the update request information to “waiting for confirmation work”. “Waiting for confirmation” means that the map information update person has not yet checked the update request information. When the map information providing unit 200 receives the reference request for the map information including the position of the update request information “waiting for confirmation”, the map information providing unit 200 sets the progress status icon 500A without the progress area 530 to the position corresponding to the update request. Arrange and output map information.

  If the person in charge of updating the map information refers to the update request information and confirms that there is no problem in the update request information itself, such as an update request for an object that is not the map update target (for example, bicycle parking lot), When the person in charge of updating the map information performs an input operation of “no deficiency” with respect to the update request information to the map information providing unit 200, the progress status identifying unit 205 acquires the input operation information. The status of the update request information is “confirming”. “Checking in progress” means that the person in charge of updating the map information is in the process of checking whether or not the content of the update request information is true. When the map information providing unit 200 receives the map information reference request including the position of the update request information “in progress of confirmation”, the map information providing unit 200 corresponds to the update request with the progress status icon 500B in which the progress area 530 is 25%. To output map information.

  When the person in charge of updating the map information confirms that the content of the update request information is fact, the person in charge of updating the map information notifies the map information providing unit 200 that the update request information is “facts”. When the input operation is performed, the progress status identification unit 205 acquires the input operation information, and sets the status of the update request information to “confirmation work completed”. “Completion of confirmation work” means that the person in charge of updating the map information has confirmed that the content of the update request information is true. When the map information providing unit 200 receives a reference request for map information including the position of the update request information “in progress of confirmation”, the map information providing unit 200 has received a request for updating the progress status icon 500C in which the progress area 530 is 50%. To output map information.

  The map information update unit 208 performs an input operation indicating that the update request information is “facts”, updates the map information related to the update request information, and determines the publication time of the updated map information. Then, the progress status identifying unit 205 sets the status to “determine release date”. “Determination of release time” means that the map object to be updated is reflected in the map information DB 350, and the release time of the reflected map object is determined. When the map information providing unit 200 receives a request for reference to map information including the position of the update request information of the “determining release date”, the position where the update request is made for the progress status icon 500D whose progress area 530 is 75% To output map information.

  The map information updating unit 208 sets the update request information whose status is “determining the release time” to the release enabled state when the release time comes. Then, the progress specifying unit 205 sets the status to “reflected on the map”. “Already reflected in the map” means that the update request target map object is reflected in the map information DB 350 and published. When the map information providing unit 200 receives the reference request for the map information including the position of the update request information “reflected on the map”, the map information providing unit 200 responds to the update request with the progress status icon 500E in which the progress area 530 is 100%. The map information is output at the position.

  In addition, when the update request information is incomplete or when the update request information itself is “not fact”, the progress status identifying unit 205 sets the status to “work off”. “Work off” means that the update request information is determined not to be reflected in the map information DB 350. When the map information providing unit 200 receives the map information reference request including the position of the update request information of the “work off”, the map information providing unit 200 arranges the progress status icon 500X with the background color filled in at the position where the update request is made. Output map information.

  As described above, the map information providing unit 200 acquires the update request information from the terminal device 1 and arranges the progress status icon 500 indicating the degree of progress in the map information according to the survey / map progress status of the update request information. Then, the map information is provided to the terminal device 1.

  According to this, the map information provision unit 200 can make a user visually understand how much the update work is progressing about the information with which the update request was issued.

  In addition, about the map information provided to the terminal device 1 including the progress status icon 500, when the terminal device 1 performs a predetermined input operation on the progress status icon 500 (for example, right click), the map information is provided. The unit 200 provides detailed information 600 shown in FIG. Specific examples of the detailed information 600 include information related to the scheduled installation time, information such as an installation area, and information on the result of authenticity voting regarding update request information.

  In this case, the map information providing unit 200 can provide detailed information 600 about the update request information that could not be provided by the progress status icon 500 alone.

[Map information provision processing]
Below, the procedure of a map information provision process is demonstrated using the flowchart shown in FIG. This process is realized by the CPU 12 of the map information providing server 2 executing a program prepared in advance and functioning as the map information providing unit 200 shown in FIG.

  First, when a map information update request is made from the terminal device 1, the update request receiving unit 204 of the map information providing unit 200 receives the update request and acquires the update request information (step S1).

  Then, the status information providing unit 206 transmits status information indicating that the update request information has been received to the terminal device 1 (step S2). When a map reference request including the position of the update request information at this time is received, the map information output unit 207 gives a progress status icon 500A in which the progress area 530 is 0% for the position of the update request information.

  Then, when the survey result for the update request information is input, the progress status identifying unit 205 acquires the information of the survey result (step S3).

  If the result of the investigation is “content is incomplete” (step S4; No), the process proceeds to step S15, and the status information providing unit 206 transmits status information to the terminal device 1 indicating “send work”. To do. When the map information is provided for the update request information in the progress status of “work off”, the map information output unit 207 shows a progress status icon 500X with a background color filled in at the position of the update request information.

  When the result of the investigation is “no deficiency in contents” (step S4; Yes), the status information providing unit 206 provides the terminal device 1 with status information indicating “waiting for confirmation work” (step S5). When a map reference request including the position of the update request information at this time is received, the map information output unit 207 gives a progress status icon 500B in which the progress information is 25% for the position of the update request information.

  Then, when information related to the confirmation work is input, the progress status specifying unit 205 acquires information related to the confirmation work.

  When the information of the confirmation information means that “the content of the update request information is not fact” (step S7; No), the process proceeds to step S15, and the status information providing unit 206 sets “delay work”. Status information is transmitted to the terminal device 1.

  When the information of the confirmation work means “the content of the update request information is fact” (step S7; Yes), the terminal displays status information that means “the content of the update request information is fact” This is provided to the device 1 (step S8). When a map reference request including the position of the update request information at this time is received, the map information output unit 207 assigns a progress status icon 500C in which progress information is 50% for the position of the update request information. Output information.

  Then, the map information update unit 208 updates the content of the update request information for which the confirmation work has been normally completed to the map information DB 350 (step S9). Note that the map information update unit 208 makes it impossible to refer to the updated content in order to adjust the publication time. Specifically, there is a method of turning off the reference flag information provided in the updated map object information.

  Then, when the map information updating unit 208 determines the publication time of the updated map information (step S10), the status information providing unit 206 provides the terminal device 1 with status information indicating that the publication time has been decided (step S11). . When a map reference request including the position of the update request information at this time is received, the map information output unit 207 assigns a progress status icon 500D having progress information of 75% for the position of the update request information. Output information.

  After the release time is reached (step S12; Yes), the updated map information is edited so as to be released (step S13). Then, the status information providing unit 14 provides status information indicating that the information to be updated has been disclosed to the terminal device 1 (step S14), and ends the process. When the map reference request including the position of the update request information at this time is received, the map information output unit 207 gives the progress status icon 500E in which the progress information is 100% for the position of the update request information. Output information.

  As described above, the map information providing apparatus includes icon information that holds an icon including map information holding means that holds map information, type information of a map object to be updated, and predetermined progress information related to the map object. A holding means, an update target map object information holding means for holding information about the map object to be updated, a progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated, and within the range of the map information to be output When there is a map object to be updated, map information output means for outputting map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress status is provided.

  According to this, the map information providing device displays an icon that combines the update target map object type information and the progress information related to the map object with respect to the update state of the update target map object in the output target map information. Therefore, it is possible for the user to easily recognize the progress status as compared with the case where the progress status is expressed by a plurality of marks.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the progress information is the progress of the update work on the map information DB 350 regarding the information related to the map object to be updated. In this case, the map information providing unit 200 can notify the user of the progress of the reflection work to the map information for the map object to be updated.

  Then, when the progress information 520 satisfies the predetermined requirement, the map information update unit 208 updates the information on the map object to be updated to the map information DB 350. In this case, the map information providing unit 200 not only provides the user with progress information on the map object to be updated, but can also provide updated map information.

[Other embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the update request information is acquired from the terminal device 1 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the map information providing unit 200 may acquire the update request information in advance.

  In the above-described embodiment, the map information providing unit 200 has described the case where the progress information regarding the work for reflecting the update request information to the map information DB 350 is represented by the progress information 520 of the progress status icon 500. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the progress status of the actual installation status of the facility to be updated may be represented by the progress information 520 of the progress status icon 500. In this case, when a 10-story building is newly established, the map information providing unit 200 gives a progress status icon 500 in which the progress information 520 is 50% to the map information. According to this, the map information providing unit 200 can notify the user of the actual installation status of the facility, not the information on the update degree of the map information.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the progress status icon 500 indicates the progress information with the progress bar 521 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, as illustrated in FIG. You may make it show progress information by the ratio of the progress area which occupies in the figure of map object classification information. Further, as shown in FIG. 9B, the progress information may be indicated by the size of the graphic of the map object to be updated. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9C, the progress information may be indicated by the color intensity inside the graphic of the map object to be updated. Also by these, the map information providing unit 200 can display the type of the map object to be updated and also display a predetermined progress status of the map object.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the map information providing unit 200 is applied to the server device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a navigation device and devices including various computers. good.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for an apparatus that indicates a location to be updated for map information.

The invention according to claim 1, a map information providing apparatus, together with the map information storage means for storing map information, type information of the update target map object and a predetermined progress information related to the map object An icon information holding means for holding a progress status icon, an update target map object information holding means for holding information related to a map object to be updated, and a progress status specifying for specifying a predetermined progress status related to the map object to be updated And when there is the map object to be updated within the range of the map information to be output, the progress information according to the progress status specified by the progress status specifying means and the type information of the map object to be updated It includes a map information outputting means for outputting the map information denoted by the progress icon of the integrated .

In the invention according to claim 10, the progress status icon integrating the type information of the map object to be updated and the predetermined progress information related to the map object, the map information, and the information about the map object to be updated A method for providing map information in a device to be held, wherein a progress status specifying step for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated and the map object to be updated are within a range of map information to be output A map information output step of outputting the map information with a progress status icon integrated with the progress information according to the progress status specified by the progress status specifying means and the type information of the map object to be updated ; .

The invention according to claim 11 includes a progress icon integrated with type information of the map object to be updated and predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and the map object to be updated. A map information providing program that is executed by a device that holds information relating to, a progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status related to the map object to be updated, and the update target within a range of map information to be output When there is a map object, the progress information corresponding to the progress status specified by the progress status specifying means and the type information of the map object to be updated are attached and the map information is output. The computer is caused to function as map information output means.

Claims (12)

Map information holding means for holding map information;
Icon information holding means for holding an icon including type information of a map object to be updated and predetermined progress information related to the map object;
Update target map object information holding means for holding information about the map object to be updated;
Progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated;
Map information output means for outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress when the map object to be updated is within the range of the map information to be output;
A map information providing device comprising: An update request accepting unit that accepts an update request for a map object, obtains information about the map object to be updated, and registers it in the update target map object information holding unit,
The map information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the progress status specifying unit specifies a progress status of an update target map object received by the update request receiving unit.   The map information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the progress information represents progress by a graph provided in an icon.   The map information providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the graph has a scale. The map object type information is indicated by a figure,
The map information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the progress information is ratio information in an outline of a graphic of the map object type information.   The map information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the progress is a progress of an update operation of information regarding a map object to be updated with respect to the map information holding unit.   The map information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the progress is a progress related to an installation state of an actual facility corresponding to the map object to be updated.   The map information update unit according to claim 1, further comprising a map information update unit configured to update the information of the map object to be updated to the map information when the progress information satisfies a predetermined requirement. The map information providing device described. The update target map object information holding unit holds detailed information of an update target map object,
The map information output means outputs detailed information about the map object to be updated after detecting an operation on the map object to be updated in the output map information. The map information provision apparatus as described in any one of Claims. A map information providing method in an apparatus that holds type information of a map object to be updated and an icon including predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information about the map object to be updated,
A progress identifying step for identifying a predetermined progress regarding the map object to be updated;
When there is a map object to be updated within the range of map information to be output, a map information output step of outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress status;
A map information providing method comprising: Map information executed by an apparatus that includes a computer and includes an icon including type information of a map object to be updated and predetermined progress information related to the map object, map information, and information about the map object to be updated Provided program,
Progress status specifying means for specifying a predetermined progress status regarding the map object to be updated;
When the map object to be updated is within the range of map information to be output, the computer is used as map information output means for outputting the map information with an icon including progress information corresponding to the progress status Map information providing program characterized by functioning.   A storage medium storing the map information providing program according to claim 11.

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