Hitachi, Ltd.

Shuji Kitazawa

Yoshiaki Yoshikawa

Maki Mori

Hiroshi Tsuji

Hiroshi Yajima

Koichi Homma

Mitsuhiko Yoshimura

Takaaki Yamada

Chigusa Hamada

Spatial information search system

The present invention is directed to a map application system that employs an automatic stroll method of strolling through a virtual space into the route and distribution information change according to the interests of a user and the time of day (ie. daytime vs. nighttime, etc.). In the present invention, an article contributed to a contribution server from a contribution terminal is stored temporarily in a contribution DB. Each article is converted to information related to a spatial position by a spatial information structure process and is stored in a spatial information DB. The contribution server returns an article with the relation to the position of the neighborhood according to the input of a region name on a stroll terminal. The stroll terminal starts a stroll on the basis of a region name inputted as an initial value, and automatically sets a route on the basis of the interest information of a user. Information about the route is provided from contribution server and is appropriately displayed.

Map application system

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Tokyo, Japan

Shuji Kitazawa