Patent ID: 7831381

Claim:
A system that facilitates ranking landmarks within a geographical area, comprising: a data reception component configured to receive data that identifies the geographical area; a processor configured to access a database to identify a landmark located within the identified geographical area and to construct a popularity index relating to the landmark, the popularity index is constructed by factoring a quantity of access routes to the identified landmark, a quantity of additional landmarks within a defined distance from the identified landmark, and a common name factor, wherein the quantity of access routes represents a numerical value of access routes that grant access to the landmark and the common name factor includes other landmarks that share at least part of a name with the identified landmark; and a rating component configured to establish a rating of the identified landmark based at least in part upon the popularity index, wherein the rating component applies a separate weight value to both the quantity of access routes and the common name factor, and wherein the rating is at least one of stored on a computer readable storage medium, displayed on a display device, employed by one or more processes executed on one or more processors, or transmitted between two or more processes executing on one or more processors.