Patent ID: 8572077

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing information in response to a search request, the method comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving a search request; determining a dataset representative of a geographic area for which the search is to be performed based at least in part on the search request; causing a map representative of at least a portion of the determined geographic area to be displayed; identifying at least one listing corresponding to the search request, each identified listing being associated with a location within at least the portion of the determined geographic area, wherein the location for at least a subset of the identified listings is determined based at least in part on a lookup table that stores an altered visual emphasis address and corresponding longitude and latitude coordinates for the address; in response to identifying at least one listing corresponding to the search request, substantially simultaneously causing interactive information representative of one or more of the identified listings to be displayed adjacent to the map, the interactive information representative of the one or more of the identified listings incorporating (i) one or more first visual indicia corresponding to the one or more of the identified listings and, (ii) distinct from the one or more first visual indicia, a camera-acquired image of an object taken at a geographic location associated with each identified listing of which the interactive information is representative, the camera-acquired image being selected based at least in part on contributions of at least one camera-acquired image from one or more different sources and a number of votes received for a respective camera-acquired image, wherein the camera-acquired image selected corresponds to the camera-acquired image having received a predetermined number of votes, and causing an interactive position identifier associated with each of the one or more of the identified listings to be displayed on the map, without interaction with the interactive position identifier and substantially simultaneously with a display of the interactive information representative of the one or more of the identified listings adjacent to the map, wherein each interactive position identifier incorporates one or more second visual indicia corresponding to the one or more first visual indicia incorporated in the one or more of the identified listings with which the interactive position identifier is associated; wherein interaction with the displayed interactive information representative of a first identified listing causes the interactive position identifier displayed for the first identified listing to have an altered visual emphasis; and wherein interaction with the interactive position identifier for the first identified listing causes the displayed interactive information representative of the first identified listing to have an altered visual emphasis.