KR20010081397A - Map display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A map display method is provided to only display a necessary object required by a user. CONSTITUTION: Attribute data is stored to a server computer(61). The data range of map searched is inputted(63) through the input devices of the connected user's computers. A step is to display the data of map included a search range to the user's computer(65). Thereafter, a step is to input the attribute of search object to be searched(67). Thereafter, a search object having the attribute being inputted to the data of map is displayed to the user's computer. In case of linking the connection site of the search object, corresponding buttons are selected(steps 71 and 72), thereby connecting the connection site(75).

Description

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The present invention relates to a display method for displaying data on the Internet, and more particularly, to a map display method for displaying map data.

In recent years, due to the development of communication technology, a technology related to the so-called 'Internet' is rapidly developed in which a plurality of communication accessors can easily search for information stored in a server.

Internet accessors can display and retrieve data stored on the server, for example, map data, on their user computers, and obtain necessary information.

However, the existing map display method on the Internet displays all objects recorded within the selected range, as shown in FIG. Therefore, Internet accessors have a difficulty in finding the necessary data among the many objects displayed.

The present invention was made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a map display method of displaying only an object required by an internet accessor.

In order to more fully understand the drawings used in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 illustrates map data displayed by a conventional map display system and method.

2 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a computer network system for carrying out the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database used in the map display method of the present invention.

4 and 5 show a display screen performed by the map display method of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of performing a map display method of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, an aspect of the present invention relates to a method for displaying information of map data embedded in the server computer through a user computer connected to the server computer. A map display method of the present invention includes the steps of: A) displaying the map data including the search range to be searched on the user computer; B) inputting an attribute of a search target to search for; And C) displaying the search object corresponding to the attribute while being within the range included in the search range on the map data displayed on the user computer.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings illustrating preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. For each figure, like reference numerals denote like elements.

2 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a computer network system for carrying out the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a plurality of user computers 11, 13, and 15 are connected to one communication network via a server computer 17.

The server computer 17 has a storage means 17a. The storage means 17a has a database in which map data and attributes of objects present on the map data are recorded.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a database used in the display method of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the database includes a mutual field 31, first and second coordinate fields 33 and 35, an attribute field 37, and a connection site field 39.

The trade name field 31 records trade names of search objects present in the map data. The first and second coordinate fields 33 and 35 record the position where the search target exists. For example, the first and second coordinate fields 33 and 35 represent the X and Y coordinates of the search target, respectively.

The attribute field 37 records the attributes of the search target. For example, the firing of the first dental office is recorded as dental, the attribute of the second super is recorded as super, and the firing of the third beauty salon is recorded as a beauty salon. In the linked site field 39, a home page or the like of the search target is hyperlinked.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the user computers 11, 13, 15 comprise input means 11a, 13a, 15a. The input means 11a, 13a, 15a may be implemented by a keyboard or the like. Through the input means 11a, 13a, and 15a, the network accessor may input a search range to search for and an attribute of a search target to search for.

The user computers 11, 13 and 15 also comprise display means 11b, 13b and 15b. The display means 11b, 13b, and 15b may be implemented as a monitor or the like. The display means 11b, 13b, and 15b may display map data and a search object corresponding to the input search range.

4 and 5 show screens on which search result data is displayed. That is, FIGS. 4 and 5 are display screens when the dentist and the beauty salon are respectively input as the attributes of the object in the search range. Therefore, only the dentists present in the search range, that is, the first to fourth dentists or beauty salons, that is, the first to fourth beauty salons, are displayed on the display means 11a, 13a, 15a of the user computers 11, 13, and 15a. appear.

That is, map data belonging to the input search range is displayed on the display means 11a, 13a, 15a of the user computers 11, 13, 15 as a basic screen. The search object having the input attribute is displayed on the displayed map data.

The server computer 17 or the user computers 11, 13, and 15 may also include a storage device for storing the input attribute. In addition, a recognition device that recognizes the center position of the displayed map data or the like as a reference point may be embedded in the server computer 17 or the user computers 11, 13, and 15.

Therefore, when the range of the map data displayed on the user computers 11, 13 and 15 through scrolling or the like is changed, a new reference point can be recognized by the recognition device. The search target included in the range corresponding to the recognized reference point and matching the attribute stored by the storage device may be displayed. That is, even if a separate command is not executed, a search object having an attribute to be searched appears on the updated map data.

More preferably, the display means 11a, 13a, 15a display the connecting means such as a button corresponding to the displayed object. Therefore, when a searcher selects a button or the like of a search target, a home page or a file connected to the search target is linked. For example, when a button or the like indicating the first dentistry is selected, a home page (//www.dent1.co.kr) connected to the first dentistry is linked.

In the present specification, for convenience of explanation, the map data is assumed to be embedded in the storage means 17a of the server computer 17. However, the map data may be stored in another storage medium such as a CD-ROM, not the storage means 17b of the server computer 17.

6 is a flowchart showing a map display method using the map display system of the present invention. With reference to this, the map display method of the present invention is described.

First, map data is embedded in the server computer 17. In addition, the server computer 17 stores therein attribute data in which the attributes of the object to be searched are recorded in the map data. 17).

The range of map data to be searched is input through the input means 11a, 13a, 15a of the connected user computers 11, 13, and 15 (step 63). In step 65, map data of a range input, that is, a range including the search range is displayed.

In addition, attributes of a search target to be searched are input through the input means 11a, 13a, 15a of the user computers 11, 13, and 15 (step 67). A search target having an attribute input on the map data displayed in 15) appears.

In this case, if a user wants to be linked to the searched linked site, a corresponding button or the like is selected (steps 71 and 73). Then, the linked site is linked (step 75). More information about the subject can be retrieved.

As described above, when the range of map data displayed through scrolling or the like is changed, a search object included in the changed range of map data appears on the map data.

Meanwhile, the above-described embodiments of the present invention can be written as a program that can be executed on a computer. And, using a medium used in a computer, it can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer for operating the program. The medium may be a magnetic recording medium (for example, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical reading medium (for example, a CD-ROM, a DVD, etc.) and a carrier wave (for example, Recording media), for example, transmission via the Internet.

The recording medium is a recording medium that records a program for displaying the map data embedded in the server computer through a user computer connected to the server computer,

A module for displaying the map data including the search range to be searched on the user computer; A module for inputting an attribute of a search target to search for; And program code for executing a module in a computer, wherein the module exists within a range within which the search range is included and displays the search object matching the attribute on the map data displayed on the user computer.

Functional modules for implementing the present invention as described above can be easily implemented by programmers with average knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

In the map display system and method of the present invention, only an object to be searched on the map data is displayed, so that an Internet accessor can easily find a search object. And, by easily connecting to the connection site of the search object, more information can be provided quickly.

Claims (5)

In the method for displaying the information of the map data embedded in the server computer through a user computer connected to the server computer, A) displaying the map data including the search range to be searched on the user computer; B) inputting an attribute of a search target to search for; And And C) displaying the search object corresponding to the attribute on the map data displayed on the user computer while being within a range within which the search range is included. The method of claim 1, wherein the map display method is And displaying the data storing the information on the selected search target by selecting the search target displayed on the user computer. The method of claim 1, wherein the map display method is Storing the attribute of the search target; Changing the search range; Displaying the map data of a range including the changed search range on a user computer; And And displaying the search object corresponding to the stored attribute on the map data displayed on the user computer. In a recording medium recording a program for displaying map data embedded in the server computer through a user computer connected to a server computer, A module for displaying the map data including the search range to be searched on the user computer; A module for inputting an attribute of a search target to search for; And And a module for presenting the search object corresponding to the attribute on the map data displayed on the user computer while being within the range within which the search range is included. Recording media. The recording medium of claim 4, wherein the recording medium And a module for displaying data storing information on the selected search target by selecting the search target displayed on the user's computer.