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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Akihiro Inokuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Morimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiro Inokuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Morimoto, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The information display system of the present invention has a database in which objects including position information and attribute information different from the position information are stored, and electronic map storage section, a set forming section which forms at least a certain number of sets of objects positioned in proximity with each other and including a set of objects, a section for selecting the pair of objects contained in each of the sets by locating position coordinates in the electronic map on which display is performed, assigning an indicating figure in variable indicating form, and designating position coordinates for the objects and the indicating figure to be displayed, and a section for placing objects and the indicating figure on the electronic map by using the designated position coordinates.