Patent ID: 7373244

Claim:
A method, comprising: displaying a geographical map on a computer display, wherein the map includes two or more points of interest; concurrently displaying, in association with two or more of the points of interest, one or more elements of qualitative information respectively associated with the displayed points of interest; displaying, in association with the map, a hierarchical list of the points of interest, wherein the hierarchical list includes one or more categories, wherein each of the categories logically contains one or more of the points of interest; wherein displaying the hierarchical list comprises concurrently displaying with the map a folder list comprising a plurality of folders each having one or more sub-folders, wherein each of the sub-folders contains one or more of the points of interest, wherein any of the folders may have any number of hierarchically subordinate levels of sub-folders; receiving user input selecting one of the folders; in response to the user input, automatically selecting and displaying two or more of the sub-folders of the selected one of the folders; concurrently displaying, in the map, all of the points of interest that are in the sub-folders that have been automatically selected and the one or more elements of qualitative information that are associated with the displayed points of interest of the selected sub-folders.