A method performed using an apparatus, the method comprising: acquiring, by an acquisition unit of the apparatus, a location of a target object; acquiring, by an association unit of the apparatus, a street view image in proximity to the location of the target object; performing, by the association unit of the apparatus, recognition processing on said street view image to acquire a recognition result comprising text information about said street view image and pixel location information about the text information; selecting, by the association unit of the apparatus, a candidate point of interest which matches said text information as a visible point of interest; acquiring, by a verification unit of the apparatus, an azimuth angle from the collection site of the street view image to the pixel coordinates of a central point of the text information; calculating, by the verification unit of the apparatus, a geographical location of the visible point of interest according to a geographical location of said collection site and said azimuth angle; determining, by the verification unit of the apparatus, a location difference between the calculated geographical location of the visible point of interest and a pre-stored geographical location of the visible point of interest; comparing, by the verification unit of the apparatus, the location difference with a pre-set threshold value; replacing, by the verification unit of the apparatus, the pre-stored geographical location of the visible point of interest with the calculated geographical location when the location difference is greater than the pre-set threshold value; determining, by the verification unit of the apparatus, that an operation of verification is successful if the location difference is less than or equal to the pre-set threshold value; and displaying, by a display unit of the apparatus, said visible point of interest. acquiring, by an acquisition unit of the apparatus, a location of a target object; acquiring, by an association unit of the apparatus, a street view image in proximity to the location of the target object; performing, by the association unit of the apparatus, recognition processing on said street view image to acquire a recognition result comprising text information about said street view image and pixel location information about the text information; selecting, by the association unit of the apparatus, a candidate point of interest which matches said text information as a visible point of interest; acquiring, by a verification unit of the apparatus, an azimuth angle from the collection site of the street view image to the pixel coordinates of a central point of the text information; calculating, by the verification unit of the apparatus, a geographical location of the visible point of interest according to a geographical location of said collection site and said azimuth angle; determining, by the verification unit of the apparatus, a location difference between the calculated geographical location of the visible point of interest and a pre-stored geographical location of the visible point of interest; comparing, by the verification unit of the apparatus, the location difference with a pre-set threshold value; replacing, by the verification unit of the apparatus, the pre-stored geographical location of the visible point of interest with the calculated geographical location when the location difference is greater than the pre-set threshold value; determining, by the verification unit of the apparatus, that an operation of verification is successful if the location difference is less than or equal to the pre-set threshold value; and displaying, by a display unit of the apparatus, said visible point of interest.