Patent ID: 8688672

Claim:
A search apparatus comprising: a processor for: inputting character string information as a provisional search condition; holding character string/position correspondence information including a correspondence between character string information indicating a predetermined name of a location and position information; searching position information by searching the character string/position correspondence information to obtain, as position information from the searching, the position information corresponding to the character string information indicating the predetermined name of a location which corresponds to the character string information input as the provisional search condition, wherein the position information is a reference position in a search area range view; storing search object information of predetermined form having at least position information added thereto as additional information; performing a search for the position information added to the search object information stored using the position information from the searching as an actual search condition, and outputting, as a search result satisfying the provisional search condition, search object information to which position information found by the search is added; and controlling display of a search image list view as the search result searched and the search area range view including the reference position and a search range designation frame of a predetermined shape positioned with reference to the reference position in a same window.