Patent ID: 9074893
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a customized map via information blocks, the method providing the customized map based on geographical information to a user terminal connected to a regional information provision system over a network, the method comprising: the step of receiving regional information generated with respect to a specific region from the provision system in response to a request from a user and then displaying the received regional information on the user terminal as personalized regional information, wherein the step of displaying the received regional information on the user terminal as personalized regional information comprises: the step of computing a real-time location of the user, and the step of computing a direction and distance of the personalized regional information based on the real-time location of the user and then determining and displaying locations of the regional information based on relative directions and distances of a plurality of pieces of regional information in a regional information frame disposed in a honeycomb arrangement and previously displayed, and thus the personalized regional information is displayed in a hexagonal shape around the real-time location of the user terminal in horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions in a honeycomb-shaped regional information frame based on the relative directions and distances of the plurality of pieces of regional information, thereby, whenever a change in the user's location occurs, providing the customized map reflecting the change in the user's location and thus enabling the regional information according to the real-time location of the user to be easily utilized.